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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003667

Fairford Leys

Fairford Leys is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,391 residents in Buckinghamshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Buckinghamshire
9,391

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,991

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,725.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.4%

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.

Crown Wood, Bracknell Forest6,323 residents · 60.4% owned · 9.7% no carChelmer Village, Chelmsford9,348 residents · 66.7% owned · 13.1% no carAshford Common, Spelthorne8,851 residents · 69.4% owned · 13.6% no carBanbury Hardwick, Cherwell8,840 residents · 61.3% owned · 13.0% no carQuedgeley North, Gloucester7,314 residents · 70.8% owned · 8.3% no carWoodhall Farm, Dacorum5,832 residents · 57.8% owned · 12.6% no car

Most similar within Buckinghamshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mandeville & Elm Farm, Buckinghamshire9,161 residents · 67.8% owned · 14.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fairford Leys

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

Tenure

Owned64.9%
2,589 households
Private rented25.7%
1,025 households
Social rented8.5%
340 households
Shared ownership0.9%
36 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.3%
1,449 households
Semi-detached25.4%
1,015 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.1%
722 households
Detached17.4%
696 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
59 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,777 households
2 cars or vans in household35.8%
1,428 households
No cars or vans in household11.1%
442 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.6%
343 households
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.5%
1,615 households
2 bedrooms37.2%
1,482 households
1 bedroom11.3%
450 households
4 or more bedrooms11.1%
442 households
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.9%
2,592 households
One-person household29.8%
1,191 households
Other household types5.2%
209 households
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.8%
1,351 households
1 person in household29.8%
1,190 households
3 people in household16.9%
676 households
4 people in household13.7%
548 households
5 people in household3.6%
143 households
6 people in household1.4%
55 households
7 people in household0.6%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.4%
1,820 residents
15–2917.8%
1,671 residents
30–4426.3%
2,474 residents
45–6425.4%
2,384 residents
65 and over11.1%
1,040 residents
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.4%
7,463 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.1%
1,137 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.9%
366 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
309 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
119 residents
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.4%
2,501 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
1,167 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.5%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
756 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
407 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.7%
5,445 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.4%
1,899 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
1,744 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.6%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.6%
1,017 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%
865 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.9%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
473 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
385 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
363 residents aged 16 and over
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51%
4,786 residents
Good health35.7%
3,357 residents
Fair health10.2%
959 residents
Bad health2.5%
234 residents
Very bad health0.6%
55 residents
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
8,192 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
1,199 residents
Fairford Leys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.6%
2,297 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
1,239 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.3%
373 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
72 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
Fairford Leys · 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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