Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003575

Hightown

Hightown is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,534 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton

6,534

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,838

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,237.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

36.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hightown

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

Tenure

Social rented49.9%

1,417 households

Owned36.6%

1,038 households

Private rented12.1%

343 households

Shared ownership1.2%

33 households

Lives rent free0.2%

7 households

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement46.3%

1,313 households

Terraced22%

623 households

Semi-detached21.8%

617 households

Detached9%

256 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%

21 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%

5 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%

1 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

0 households

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.9%

1,245 households

No cars or vans in household30.4%

862 households

2 cars or vans in household19.9%

564 households

3 or more cars or vans in household5.9%

167 households

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.9%

1,076 households

2 bedrooms35.3%

1,003 households

1 bedroom21.2%

603 households

4 or more bedrooms5.5%

157 households

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.7%

1,749 households

One-person household33.7%

956 households

Other household types4.6%

131 households

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.7%

956 households

2 people in household31.7%

900 households

3 people in household15.7%

446 households

4 people in household11.7%

333 households

5 people in household4.9%

139 households

6 people in household1.7%

47 households

7 people in household0.4%

12 households

8 or more people in household0.2%

5 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.4%

1,527 residents

15–2918%

1,174 residents

30–4421.4%

1,399 residents

45–6423.2%

1,515 residents

65 and over14%

914 residents

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.4%

6,040 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%

174 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%

173 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%

113 residents

Other ethnic group0.5%

35 residents

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.5%

1,258 residents aged 16 and over

Level 4 qualifications or above17.2%

848 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications16.7%

822 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications15.9%

783 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.6%

719 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship7.1%

348 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications3%

148 residents aged 16 and over

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.5%

2,885 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive39.4%

1,944 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student2%

100 residents aged 16 and over

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.6%

917 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations18.5%

911 residents aged 16 and over

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.7%

673 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%

535 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.4%

515 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.5%

469 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%

332 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%

290 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students5.8%

287 residents aged 16 and over

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%

2,839 residents

Good health34.7%

2,269 residents

Fair health14.6%

956 residents

Bad health5.7%

372 residents

Very bad health1.5%

99 residents

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.6%

5,002 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act23.4%

1,532 residents

Hightown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%

1,006 households

Household is not deprived in any dimension35%

993 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions21.5%

610 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions7.7%

218 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%

11 households

Hightown · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02003575

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Hightown

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

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Life in Hightown

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.