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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003728

Coleridge

Coleridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,823 residents in Cambridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,823

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,080

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,606.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.3%

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.

Grandpont & New Hinksey, Oxford5,578 residents · 49.5% owned · 37.3% no carIffley Fields, Oxford6,017 residents · 45.2% owned · 33.7% no carSouthampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading10,708 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.4% no carSt Mary's, Ealing9,250 residents · 49.4% owned · 36.5% no carLeamington East & Sydenham, Warwick11,244 residents · 50.1% owned · 25.0% no carWithington West, Manchester6,673 residents · 41.2% owned · 30.8% no car

Most similar within Cambridge

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Romsey, Cambridge10,189 residents · 44.2% owned · 37.8% no carEast Barnwell & Abbey, Cambridge10,340 residents · 40.4% owned · 33.6% no carArbury, Cambridge9,720 residents · 47.3% owned · 34.2% no carWest Chesterton, Cambridge8,485 residents · 52.1% owned · 35.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Coleridge

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

Tenure

Owned44.1%
1,801 households
Private rented33.6%
1,370 households
Social rented21.2%
865 households
Shared ownership0.8%
31 households
Lives rent free0.3%
13 households
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.3%
1,439 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement34.6%
1,412 households
Terraced17.3%
706 households
Detached8.1%
331 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.6%
148 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,825 households
No cars or vans in household34.9%
1,424 households
2 cars or vans in household15.4%
626 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5%
202 households
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms31.5%
1,285 households
2 bedrooms24.3%
993 households
4 or more bedrooms23.2%
949 households
1 bedroom21%
856 households
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.8%
2,155 households
One-person household31.4%
1,282 households
Other household types15.8%
644 households
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.5%
1,285 households
2 people in household29.2%
1,191 households
3 people in household17.7%
724 households
4 people in household13.4%
546 households
5 people in household3.9%
161 households
8 or more people in household2.7%
111 households
6 people in household1.2%
51 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512%
1,294 residents
15–2929.5%
3,194 residents
30–4426.1%
2,829 residents
45–6421.2%
2,289 residents
65 and over11.2%
1,216 residents
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.8%
7,766 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17.6%
1,899 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
476 residents
Other ethnic group4.3%
462 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
216 residents
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56.3%
5,310 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.7%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.7%
1,101 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8%
757 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.1%
571 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.3%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.2%
5,957 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.2%
2,945 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.6%
525 residents aged 16 and over
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
2,349 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
1,795 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students16%
1,505 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.8%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.6%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.4%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
502 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
325 residents aged 16 and over
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.1%
5,966 residents
Good health31.2%
3,381 residents
Fair health9.9%
1,074 residents
Bad health2.9%
312 residents
Very bad health0.8%
88 residents
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
9,343 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
1,480 residents
Coleridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.3%
2,299 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
1,223 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.9%
445 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.7%
110 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Coleridge · 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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