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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003733

Little Downham & Sutton

Little Downham & Sutton is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,472 residents in East Cambridgeshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,472

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,511

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.5%

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.

Long Stratton, Carlton Rode & Tibenham, South Norfolk11,555 residents · 76.2% owned · 8.2% no carEggborough, Kellington & Smeaton, Selby8,833 residents · 79.2% owned · 6.9% no carSawtry & Gidding, Huntingdonshire7,085 residents · 73.6% owned · 10.8% no carWoodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton, West Northamptonshire8,497 residents · 74.4% owned · 7.9% no carBuckenhams & Snetterton, Breckland6,472 residents · 75.5% owned · 7.2% no carCarlton, Hemingbrough & Osgodby, Selby8,646 residents · 81.6% owned · 6.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Little Downham & Sutton

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

Tenure

Owned78%
2,738 households
Social rented10.9%
381 households
Private rented10.3%
363 households
Shared ownership0.8%
29 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached52.2%
1,832 households
Semi-detached33.2%
1,164 households
Terraced11.9%
419 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.4%
48 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
12 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 warehouse0.3%
10 households
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.2%
1,412 households
1 car or van in household34.3%
1,203 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.2%
638 households
No cars or vans in household7.3%
256 households
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.3%
1,554 households
4 or more bedrooms31%
1,088 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
739 households
1 bedroom3.6%
128 households
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.1%
2,528 households
One-person household23.6%
827 households
Other household types4.3%
152 households
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.5%
1,384 households
1 person in household23.6%
827 households
3 people in household16.9%
592 households
4 people in household14.5%
509 households
5 people in household4.4%
154 households
6 people in household0.8%
27 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.9%
1,430 residents
15–2914.1%
1,192 residents
30–4418.1%
1,533 residents
45–6429.1%
2,465 residents
65 and over21.9%
1,855 residents
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.6%
8,186 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
117 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
94 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
52 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
21 residents
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.5%
2,185 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
1,255 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
1,146 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
757 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
407 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.1%
4,384 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.5%
2,468 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,598 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.5%
1,009 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
875 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.8%
751 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.2%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
419 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
302 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,844 residents
Good health37.8%
3,200 residents
Fair health12.7%
1,075 residents
Bad health3.4%
285 residents
Very bad health0.8%
66 residents
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.8%
7,097 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.2%
1,373 residents
Little Downham & Sutton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.8%
1,852 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,221 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
374 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Little Downham & Sutton · 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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