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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003713

Flackwell Heath

Flackwell Heath is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,902 residents in Buckinghamshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Buckinghamshire
5,902

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,377

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,357.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.1%

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.

Sonning & Woodley North, Wokingham7,670 residents · 83.5% owned · 9.1% no carTattenham North, Reigate and Banstead6,168 residents · 86.8% owned · 6.2% no carHempstead & Wigmore, Medway8,093 residents · 89.1% owned · 8.0% no carYateley East, Hart8,436 residents · 77.5% owned · 10.3% no carFrampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire7,163 residents · 80.9% owned · 7.4% no carCodsall, South Staffordshire7,142 residents · 85.7% owned · 7.9% no car

Most similar within Buckinghamshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire9,534 residents · 84.7% owned · 8.9% no carBedgrove & Walton, Buckinghamshire8,768 residents · 83.6% owned · 11.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Flackwell Heath

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

Tenure

Owned84.4%
2,006 households
Social rented7.9%
187 households
Private rented7.4%
176 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached51%
1,213 households
Semi-detached31.1%
740 households
Terraced10.5%
250 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.9%
140 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.7%
992 households
1 car or van in household30.5%
725 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.6%
443 households
No cars or vans in household9.2%
218 households
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.9%
1,020 households
4 or more bedrooms37%
880 households
2 bedrooms16.7%
398 households
1 bedroom3.3%
79 households
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.4%
1,697 households
One-person household23.6%
561 households
Other household types5%
119 households
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
863 households
1 person in household23.6%
561 households
4 people in household17.5%
415 households
3 people in household16.5%
392 households
5 people in household4.9%
117 households
6 people in household0.9%
22 households
7 people in household0.2%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,045 residents
15–2913%
765 residents
30–4416.5%
972 residents
45–6428%
1,650 residents
65 and over24.9%
1,469 residents
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.4%
5,455 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.1%
184 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
171 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
63 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
30 residents
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.1%
1,726 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
820 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
693 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.4%
689 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
307 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.1%
2,782 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.7%
1,948 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
59 residents aged 16 and over
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.1%
1,155 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.5%
936 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.6%
650 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
321 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
251 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
228 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
3,041 residents
Good health35%
2,066 residents
Fair health10.5%
619 residents
Bad health2.3%
134 residents
Very bad health0.7%
43 residents
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
5,064 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
838 residents
Flackwell Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.3%
1,340 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
790 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
210 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
36 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Flackwell Heath · 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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