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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003719

Kings Hedges

Kings Hedges is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,313 residents in Cambridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,313

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,010

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,565.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.1%

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.

Shirley Warren, Southampton7,249 residents · 36.4% owned · 34.8% no carLittlemore & Rose Hill, Oxford11,233 residents · 43.0% owned · 26.8% no carBarton, Oxford8,393 residents · 35.0% owned · 30.6% no carShirley South, Southampton8,018 residents · 47.7% owned · 31.5% no carWeaste & Seedley, Salford13,344 residents · 43.4% owned · 36.4% no carSouthgate, Crawley10,355 residents · 49.9% owned · 27.6% no car

Most similar within Cambridge

The closest matches in the same local authority.

East Barnwell & Abbey, Cambridge10,340 residents · 40.4% owned · 33.6% no carEast Chesterton, Cambridge9,714 residents · 36.7% owned · 32.9% no carArbury, Cambridge9,720 residents · 47.3% owned · 34.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kings Hedges

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

Tenure

Owned37%
1,483 households
Social rented35.9%
1,441 households
Private rented24.4%
980 households
Shared ownership2.3%
93 households
Lives rent free0.3%
13 households
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced33%
1,322 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement29.9%
1,199 households
Semi-detached28.3%
1,135 households
Detached6.7%
269 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
61 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.1%
1,810 households
No cars or vans in household34.5%
1,383 households
2 cars or vans in household14.2%
571 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.1%
245 households
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.4%
1,420 households
2 bedrooms30.6%
1,226 households
1 bedroom19.4%
779 households
4 or more bedrooms14.6%
584 households
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.5%
2,103 households
One-person household32.1%
1,285 households
Other household types15.4%
618 households
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household32%
1,282 households
2 people in household29.4%
1,177 households
3 people in household15.8%
632 households
4 people in household12.5%
502 households
5 people in household4.7%
187 households
6 people in household3.5%
139 households
8 or more people in household1.5%
61 households
7 people in household0.6%
26 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,766 residents
15–2920.9%
2,160 residents
30–4427.7%
2,862 residents
45–6422.2%
2,285 residents
65 and over12%
1,241 residents
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White80.4%
8,288 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.2%
1,051 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%
427 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.3%
344 residents
Other ethnic group2%
203 residents
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.1%
3,569 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18%
1,527 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications10.9%
920 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.2%
863 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
825 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
487 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)67.5%
5,716 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.8%
2,529 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,429 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%
1,402 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,368 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.1%
1,109 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.9%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
689 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
649 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
509 residents aged 16 and over
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
4,891 residents
Good health34.6%
3,570 residents
Fair health12.6%
1,295 residents
Bad health4.3%
444 residents
Very bad health1.1%
113 residents
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.8%
8,433 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.2%
1,880 residents
Kings Hedges · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.2%
1,813 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,344 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.1%
647 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.8%
193 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
13 households
Kings Hedges · 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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