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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003727

Romsey

Romsey is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,189 residents in Cambridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,189

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,042

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,846.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

37.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

63.0%

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.

Iffley Fields, Oxford6,017 residents · 45.2% owned · 33.7% no carSouthampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading10,708 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.4% no carWithington West, Manchester6,673 residents · 41.2% owned · 30.8% no carGrandpont & New Hinksey, Oxford5,578 residents · 49.5% owned · 37.3% no carPalmer Park, Reading11,531 residents · 34.4% owned · 38.2% no carGuildford Town Centre, Guildford11,456 residents · 42.7% owned · 30.3% no car

Most similar within Cambridge

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Coleridge, Cambridge10,823 residents · 44.1% owned · 34.9% no carPetersfield, Cambridge8,230 residents · 41.9% owned · 46.9% no carWest Chesterton, Cambridge8,485 residents · 52.1% owned · 35.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Romsey

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

Tenure

Owned44.2%
1,788 households
Private rented40.5%
1,635 households
Social rented13.9%
563 households
Shared ownership1.3%
54 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced47.3%
1,910 households
Semi-detached21.6%
872 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21.1%
851 households
Detached4.5%
181 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.1%
165 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.3%
1,870 households
No cars or vans in household37.8%
1,530 households
2 cars or vans in household12.4%
500 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
143 households
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.6%
1,358 households
2 bedrooms28.6%
1,157 households
4 or more bedrooms20.1%
813 households
1 bedroom17.7%
714 households
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.1%
1,981 households
One-person household30.8%
1,241 households
Other household types20.1%
813 households
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.4%
1,351 households
1 person in household30.7%
1,241 households
3 people in household15.9%
644 households
4 people in household12.2%
495 households
5 people in household3.8%
155 households
6 people in household1.7%
69 households
8 or more people in household1.5%
60 households
7 people in household0.6%
26 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.9%
1,212 residents
15–2931.2%
3,181 residents
30–4429.3%
2,990 residents
45–6418.6%
1,897 residents
65 and over8.9%
909 residents
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White74.2%
7,565 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.4%
1,364 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.6%
575 residents
Other ethnic group4.8%
492 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
193 residents
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above63%
5,609 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.4%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.8%
874 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5.8%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.4%
477 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.8%
5,856 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive27.3%
2,425 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6.9%
618 residents aged 16 and over
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.5%
2,445 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
1,723 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students18%
1,600 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.9%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.5%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
347 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
277 residents aged 16 and over
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.8%
5,791 residents
Good health31.4%
3,198 residents
Fair health9%
918 residents
Bad health2.2%
225 residents
Very bad health0.6%
57 residents
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
8,824 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,365 residents
Romsey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.8%
2,337 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.7%
1,241 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.4%
378 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
82 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Romsey · 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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