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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003574

Sholing East

Sholing East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,660 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton
7,660

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,428

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,883.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.5%

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.

Foley Park, Wyre Forest7,564 residents · 63.2% owned · 20.1% no carYate West, South Gloucestershire6,302 residents · 70.4% owned · 14.2% no carHamworthy East, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,781 residents · 62.6% owned · 17.6% no carRainham North East, Medway7,300 residents · 61.3% owned · 20.7% no carSunnyside, West Northamptonshire6,754 residents · 74.8% owned · 16.9% no carHinckley Clarendon Park, Hinckley and Bosworth6,229 residents · 64.7% owned · 20.4% no car

Most similar within Southampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Sholing West, Southampton6,337 residents · 69.2% owned · 16.0% no carBitterne East, Southampton8,086 residents · 61.7% owned · 23.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sholing East

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

Tenure

Owned70.4%
2,413 households
Private rented17.4%
595 households
Social rented11.6%
397 households
Shared ownership0.7%
23 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.6%
1,392 households
Detached20.9%
718 households
Terraced19.1%
656 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.1%
588 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.6%
56 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.2%
1,483 households
2 cars or vans in household30.4%
1,044 households
No cars or vans in household17.8%
611 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
291 households
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.6%
1,700 households
2 bedrooms28.3%
970 households
1 bedroom14.4%
495 households
4 or more bedrooms7.6%
262 households
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.9%
2,158 households
One-person household32.3%
1,109 households
Other household types4.8%
163 households
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
1,227 households
1 person in household32.4%
1,109 households
3 people in household14.7%
504 households
4 people in household12%
412 households
5 people in household3.9%
134 households
6 people in household0.9%
31 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,204 residents
15–2916.8%
1,288 residents
30–4420.2%
1,544 residents
45–6426.5%
2,028 residents
65 and over20.8%
1,591 residents
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.1%
7,208 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
186 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
125 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
82 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
60 residents
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above22.5%
1,437 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.9%
1,271 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.8%
1,262 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
970 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
713 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.1%
514 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.3%
3,911 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.9%
2,354 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
946 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.3%
910 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.3%
909 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
703 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
462 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.6%
3,494 residents
Good health36%
2,760 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,007 residents
Bad health4%
310 residents
Very bad health1.2%
89 residents
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
6,276 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,384 residents
Sholing East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.8%
1,570 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
1,181 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.8%
540 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
120 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
17 households
Sholing East · 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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