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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003659

Waddesdon & Whitchurch

Waddesdon & Whitchurch is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,788 residents in Buckinghamshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Buckinghamshire
9,788

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,813

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

89.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.2%

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.

Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no carDeddington, Steeple Aston & Heyfords, Cherwell9,463 residents · 69.2% owned · 7.0% no carHanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington, Milton Keynes11,676 residents · 72.6% owned · 7.8% no carIslip, Arncott & Chesterton, Cherwell13,065 residents · 72.4% owned · 7.3% no carShrivenham, Watchfield & Uffington, Vale of White Horse13,853 residents · 64.6% owned · 7.3% no carMarston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire11,206 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.0% no car

Most similar within Buckinghamshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Marsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick, Buckinghamshire10,362 residents · 74.8% owned · 5.5% no carWing, Wingrave & Bierton, Buckinghamshire10,012 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Waddesdon & Whitchurch

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

Tenure

Owned67.8%
2,585 households
Social rented15.3%
582 households
Private rented14.5%
551 households
Shared ownership2.4%
92 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.8%
1,516 households
Semi-detached32.4%
1,235 households
Terraced19.1%
727 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.2%
273 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.7%
1,477 households
1 car or van in household34%
1,295 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.8%
718 households
No cars or vans in household8.4%
322 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms36%
1,372 households
3 bedrooms34.8%
1,325 households
2 bedrooms21.8%
832 households
1 bedroom7.4%
283 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.2%
2,749 households
One-person household21.9%
836 households
Other household types5.9%
224 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.6%
1,395 households
1 person in household21.9%
836 households
3 people in household17.2%
657 households
4 people in household16%
609 households
5 people in household6%
229 households
6 people in household1.5%
57 households
7 people in household0.4%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.3%
1,989 residents
15–2914.9%
1,454 residents
30–4418.8%
1,844 residents
45–6429.6%
2,901 residents
65 and over16.3%
1,600 residents
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.2%
8,531 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6%
587 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
313 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.1%
306 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
50 residents
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.2%
3,080 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,281 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
1,106 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12%
916 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
703 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
415 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.6%
5,025 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.7%
2,506 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
1,851 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,438 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14%
1,073 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
863 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.9%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.6%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
438 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
398 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.3%
5,410 residents
Good health32.4%
3,176 residents
Fair health9.6%
935 residents
Bad health2.2%
214 residents
Very bad health0.5%
53 residents
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.1%
8,527 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.9%
1,261 residents
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.3%
2,263 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
1,183 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
310 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Waddesdon & Whitchurch · 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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