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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003729

Cherry Hinton

Cherry Hinton is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,343 residents in Cambridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,343

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,747

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,537.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.5%

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.

Cottonmill & Sopwell, St Albans7,710 residents · 56.7% owned · 18.8% no carRisinghurst & Sandhills, Oxford8,468 residents · 59.3% owned · 21.6% no carNorthwood Hills, Hillingdon9,521 residents · 64.8% owned · 17.3% no carEpsom North, Epsom and Ewell10,249 residents · 65.8% owned · 18.9% no carThe Camp & Cunningham, St Albans6,687 residents · 64.1% owned · 18.0% no carHitchin Walsworth, North Hertfordshire7,707 residents · 63.6% owned · 14.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cherry Hinton

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

Tenure

Owned56.4%
2,113 households
Social rented22.6%
846 households
Private rented20.2%
757 households
Shared ownership0.7%
26 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41%
1,535 households
Terraced23%
863 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.7%
775 households
Detached13.4%
503 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
52 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.7%
1,864 households
No cars or vans in household24.5%
917 households
2 cars or vans in household20.6%
773 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.2%
193 households
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.1%
1,652 households
2 bedrooms24.7%
925 households
4 or more bedrooms19.5%
730 households
1 bedroom11.7%
440 households
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.5%
2,378 households
One-person household26.3%
987 households
Other household types10.2%
382 households
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
1,228 households
1 person in household26.4%
987 households
3 people in household17.3%
649 households
4 people in household16.4%
615 households
5 people in household4.5%
168 households
6 people in household1.7%
62 households
7 people in household0.7%
26 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%
1,753 residents
15–2916.9%
1,580 residents
30–4424.5%
2,290 residents
45–6424.3%
2,268 residents
65 and over15.5%
1,451 residents
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White69%
6,443 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh21.5%
2,012 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
368 residents
Other ethnic group3.6%
340 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
178 residents
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.7%
3,789 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
1,092 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.3%
844 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9%
675 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
526 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
200 residents aged 16 and over
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65%
4,861 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.1%
2,472 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.7%
1,697 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.7%
1,550 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.6%
792 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
747 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10%
745 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.3%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
310 residents aged 16 and over
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.5%
4,719 residents
Good health34.4%
3,214 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,035 residents
Bad health3.2%
299 residents
Very bad health0.8%
76 residents
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
7,962 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
1,381 residents
Cherry Hinton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.3%
1,997 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,178 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
455 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
111 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Cherry Hinton · 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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