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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003723

Eddington & Castle

Eddington & Castle is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,981 residents in Cambridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

12,981

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,932

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,806.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

43.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.7%

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.

Edgbaston South & University, Birmingham10,274 residents · 55.3% owned · 25.7% no carWidcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down, Bath and North East Somerset11,773 residents · 64.3% owned · 26.3% no carOnslow Village and University, Guildford8,974 residents · 51.1% owned · 28.5% no carOldfield Park West, Bath and North East Somerset8,330 residents · 42.6% owned · 33.5% no carOxford Central, Oxford18,475 residents · 27.0% owned · 54.6% no carEndcliffe & Ranmoor, Sheffield8,238 residents · 74.4% owned · 15.6% no car

Most similar within Cambridge

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Central & West Cambridge, Cambridge16,246 residents · 42.7% owned · 42.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Eddington & Castle

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

Tenure

Owned43.4%
1,272 households
Private rented41.2%
1,208 households
Social rented14.4%
421 households
Shared ownership0.9%
27 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement43.4%
1,272 households
Terraced19.2%
564 households
Semi-detached19%
557 households
Detached13.9%
409 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.5%
103 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,306 households
No cars or vans in household40.2%
1,179 households
2 cars or vans in household12.7%
372 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.6%
75 households
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.8%
1,021 households
4 or more bedrooms22.6%
663 households
3 bedrooms22.1%
649 households
1 bedroom20.4%
599 households
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.9%
1,581 households
One-person household35.8%
1,049 households
Other household types10.3%
303 households
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.8%
1,049 households
2 people in household34.2%
1,002 households
3 people in household16.4%
482 households
4 people in household9.3%
272 households
5 people in household2.7%
78 households
8 or more people in household1%
28 households
6 people in household0.6%
17 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 156.8%
883 residents
15–2958.9%
7,645 residents
30–4417%
2,205 residents
45–6410%
1,293 residents
65 and over7.4%
955 residents
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White69.9%
9,077 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.2%
2,495 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
704 residents
Other ethnic group3.2%
411 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
297 residents
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.7%
6,125 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications40%
4,832 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications2.8%
334 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications2.7%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.5%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.3%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive62.9%
7,590 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)29.9%
3,607 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.2%
873 residents aged 16 and over
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students59.1%
7,139 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.1%
2,179 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations3.6%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.8%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.2%
261 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations2%
240 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2%
237 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations0.9%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.6%
7,860 residents
Good health30.9%
4,011 residents
Fair health7.2%
934 residents
Bad health1.1%
137 residents
Very bad health0.3%
39 residents
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.8%
11,263 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.2%
1,718 residents
Eddington & Castle · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65.3%
1,914 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.9%
789 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.6%
193 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Eddington & Castle · 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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