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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003551

Stoneham

Stoneham is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,488 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton
6,488

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,306

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,426.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Canterbury Barracks, Canterbury9,728 residents · 26.5% owned · 41.2% no carMincinglake & Beacon Heath, Exeter7,096 residents · 50.4% owned · 26.4% no carTrefforest, Rhondda Cynon Taf10,431 residents · 44.5% owned · 32.9% no carTwerton, Bath and North East Somerset5,787 residents · 36.0% owned · 37.3% no carCanley & Westwood Heath, Coventry8,985 residents · 47.8% owned · 31.2% no carDines Green & St Johns, Worcester8,982 residents · 49.6% owned · 25.5% no car

Most similar within Southampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

St Denys, Southampton7,923 residents · 33.8% owned · 33.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stoneham

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned41.4%
955 households
Social rented38.5%
887 households
Private rented18.8%
433 households
Shared ownership1.3%
31 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement33%
758 households
Terraced32.6%
750 households
Semi-detached20.2%
464 households
Detached10%
230 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.2%
74 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.6%
958 households
No cars or vans in household29.2%
674 households
2 cars or vans in household22.4%
516 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
157 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.1%
970 households
1 bedroom27.8%
641 households
2 bedrooms21%
483 households
4 or more bedrooms9.1%
210 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.2%
1,225 households
One-person household39.8%
917 households
Other household types7%
162 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.9%
918 households
2 people in household29%
669 households
3 people in household14.4%
332 households
4 people in household10.1%
232 households
5 people in household4.7%
109 households
6 people in household1.4%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.4%
867 residents
15–2936.2%
2,349 residents
30–4417.1%
1,109 residents
45–6419.8%
1,287 residents
65 and over13.5%
878 residents
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.4%
5,153 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.2%
789 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
224 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
217 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
108 residents
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications32%
1,783 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24.5%
1,367 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
919 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.5%
586 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%
494 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
271 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.6%
2,881 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)42.9%
2,392 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.5%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students31.3%
1,746 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.4%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
537 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
437 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
411 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.8%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.2%
2,995 residents
Good health34.5%
2,240 residents
Fair health13.8%
896 residents
Bad health4.2%
273 residents
Very bad health1.3%
83 residents
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.4%
5,217 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.6%
1,271 residents
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.5%
842 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
817 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.2%
442 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.5%
174 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1.3%
31 households
Stoneham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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