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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003707

Sands

Sands is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,750 residents in Buckinghamshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Buckinghamshire
6,750

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,558

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,002

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.5%

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.

Haymill & Lynch Hill, Slough10,444 residents · 52.5% owned · 16.6% no carLeggatts, Watford8,665 residents · 59.1% owned · 15.1% no carBoyn Hill & Norreys Drive, Windsor and Maidenhead8,184 residents · 57.0% owned · 14.6% no carSouth Ruislip, Hillingdon9,695 residents · 64.2% owned · 19.4% no carLondon Colney, St Albans9,804 residents · 66.0% owned · 12.0% no carWigmore & Airport, Luton10,215 residents · 67.6% owned · 13.1% no car

Most similar within Buckinghamshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Totteridge, Buckinghamshire6,768 residents · 56.2% owned · 15.6% no carTerriers & Amersham Hill, Buckinghamshire8,965 residents · 60.7% owned · 15.7% no carBowerdean, Buckinghamshire7,107 residents · 56.9% owned · 16.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sands

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

Tenure

Owned60%
1,534 households
Private rented22.9%
585 households
Social rented15.4%
394 households
Shared ownership1.7%
43 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.1%
1,000 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.4%
701 households
Detached15.3%
392 households
Terraced10.7%
274 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.6%
168 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.9%
1,124 households
2 cars or vans in household30.5%
780 households
No cars or vans in household13.8%
353 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
301 households
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.2%
1,002 households
2 bedrooms27.7%
708 households
1 bedroom17%
434 households
4 or more bedrooms16.2%
413 households
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.3%
1,620 households
One-person household26.9%
688 households
Other household types9.9%
253 households
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.7%
759 households
1 person in household26.9%
688 households
3 people in household17.6%
450 households
4 people in household14.7%
377 households
5 people in household5.8%
149 households
6 people in household3.1%
79 households
7 people in household1.2%
31 households
8 or more people in household1%
26 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,382 residents
15–2919.7%
1,331 residents
30–4425.6%
1,730 residents
45–6423.9%
1,613 residents
65 and over10.3%
695 residents
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White57.4%
3,872 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh28.1%
1,896 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.5%
436 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%
382 residents
Other ethnic group2.4%
160 residents
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.5%
1,884 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.6%
988 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
826 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
672 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
544 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.2%
3,674 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive28.9%
1,534 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
102 residents aged 16 and over
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.3%
1,078 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
699 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.6%
667 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.7%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.6%
455 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6%
317 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
271 residents aged 16 and over
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52%
3,508 residents
Good health33.8%
2,281 residents
Fair health11.1%
748 residents
Bad health2.3%
155 residents
Very bad health0.9%
58 residents
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.7%
5,917 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.3%
831 residents
Sands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.6%
1,319 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
828 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.4%
342 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Sands · 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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