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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003680

Great Missenden & Prestwood

Great Missenden & Prestwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,825 residents in Buckinghamshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Buckinghamshire
9,825

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,097

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

510.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.4%

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.

Tadworth & Walton, Reigate and Banstead7,095 residents · 86.1% owned · 7.4% no carChobham & Windlesham, Surrey Heath8,383 residents · 79.0% owned · 6.6% no carDuffield, Quarndon & Kirk Langley, Amber Valley9,119 residents · 79.6% owned · 9.9% no carBramhope & Pool-in-Wharfedale, Leeds6,996 residents · 87.1% owned · 7.5% no carWheathampstead, St Albans6,716 residents · 75.8% owned · 8.1% no carBalsall Common, Solihull8,265 residents · 84.1% owned · 7.7% no car

Most similar within Buckinghamshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Knotty Green & Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire8,935 residents · 83.7% owned · 6.5% no carChalfont St Giles, Seer Green & Jordans, Buckinghamshire8,006 residents · 81.5% owned · 6.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Great Missenden & Prestwood

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

Tenure

Owned79.2%
3,244 households
Private rented10.6%
436 households
Social rented9.9%
405 households
Shared ownership0.2%
10 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.3%
2,060 households
Semi-detached20.3%
830 households
Terraced18.4%
755 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.7%
356 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
34 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
34 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.6%
1,624 households
1 car or van in household35.2%
1,443 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.5%
715 households
No cars or vans in household7.7%
314 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.3%
1,772 households
3 bedrooms33.7%
1,382 households
2 bedrooms17.1%
702 households
1 bedroom5.9%
241 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.8%
2,857 households
One-person household26.9%
1,100 households
Other household types3.4%
138 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
1,468 households
1 person in household26.9%
1,100 households
4 people in household16.7%
683 households
3 people in household15.3%
625 households
5 people in household4.4%
180 households
6 people in household0.8%
33 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,667 residents
15–2913.6%
1,340 residents
30–4414.4%
1,419 residents
45–6429.8%
2,932 residents
65 and over25.1%
2,466 residents
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
9,234 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.6%
251 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
251 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
53 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
36 residents
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.4%
3,721 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
1,202 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
1,111 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.8%
867 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.3%
586 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
385 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.4%
4,765 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
3,157 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
2,031 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,889 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.4%
1,078 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
983 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
618 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.3%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4%
321 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
271 residents aged 16 and over
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.3%
5,432 residents
Good health32.1%
3,149 residents
Fair health9.9%
970 residents
Bad health2.2%
213 residents
Very bad health0.6%
61 residents
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
8,533 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,292 residents
Great Missenden & Prestwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.6%
2,521 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.5%
1,206 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.9%
323 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
42 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Great Missenden & Prestwood · 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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