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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003584

Ryde Central

Ryde Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,127 residents in Isle of Wight. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Isle of Wight
6,127

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,279

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,352.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.3%

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.

Weymouth Town, Melcombe Regis & Rodwell, Dorset9,524 residents · 47.6% owned · 37.3% no carRamsgate Harbour, Thanet8,706 residents · 38.7% owned · 44.7% no carRamshill & South Cliff, Scarborough7,621 residents · 44.5% owned · 44.1% no carBexhill Central, Rother8,960 residents · 54.5% owned · 34.2% no carHerne Bay Parade, Canterbury7,592 residents · 50.0% owned · 32.8% no carPenzance Quay, Cornwall6,562 residents · 46.3% owned · 39.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ryde Central

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

Tenure

Owned46.3%
1,517 households
Private rented45.2%
1,483 households
Social rented8.3%
271 households
Shared ownership0.2%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28%
919 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits23.6%
774 households
Semi-detached19.6%
642 households
Detached11.7%
384 households
Terraced7.3%
240 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.2%
169 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.5%
149 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.5%
1,393 households
No cars or vans in household38.7%
1,268 households
2 cars or vans in household14.3%
469 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.5%
149 households
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms38.1%
1,249 households
1 bedroom32.4%
1,063 households
3 bedrooms19%
622 households
4 or more bedrooms10.5%
345 households
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household52%
1,705 households
Single family household42.9%
1,406 households
Other household types5.1%
167 households
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household52%
1,705 households
2 people in household29.7%
973 households
3 people in household10.3%
339 households
4 people in household5.3%
173 households
5 people in household1.8%
59 households
6 people in household0.6%
19 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.8%
661 residents
15–2917.7%
1,086 residents
30–4415.7%
959 residents
45–6431.7%
1,940 residents
65 and over24.1%
1,479 residents
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
5,839 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
129 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
112 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
26 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.3%
1,475 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.1%
1,034 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19%
1,027 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
806 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
578 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
347 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.1%
2,872 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.8%
2,476 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
63 residents aged 16 and over
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.1%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.2%
877 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13%
701 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.7%
685 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.4%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
458 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
326 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Good health37.2%
2,279 residents
Very good health36.9%
2,262 residents
Fair health18.2%
1,115 residents
Bad health6.2%
378 residents
Very bad health1.5%
94 residents
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.5%
4,502 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.5%
1,625 residents
Ryde Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.3%
1,289 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,175 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.6%
577 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.3%
205 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions1%
32 households
Ryde Central · 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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