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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003756

Sawtry & Gidding

Sawtry & Gidding is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,085 residents in Huntingdonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,085

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,044

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.0%

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.

Thrapston & Brigstock, North Northamptonshire11,120 residents · 70.6% owned · 8.7% no carWoodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton, West Northamptonshire8,497 residents · 74.4% owned · 7.9% no carLittle Downham & Sutton, East Cambridgeshire8,472 residents · 78.0% owned · 7.3% no carPotton, Central Bedfordshire8,156 residents · 72.4% owned · 7.5% no carKings Sutton, Greatworth & Evenley, West Northamptonshire6,737 residents · 70.9% owned · 7.9% no carCrowland & Cowbit, South Holland7,177 residents · 75.0% owned · 8.9% no car

Most similar within Huntingdonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Warboys & Bury, Huntingdonshire6,950 residents · 73.8% owned · 9.7% no carSomersham, Riptons & Raveleys, Huntingdonshire9,682 residents · 72.3% owned · 6.1% no carStilton, Elton & Folksworth, Huntingdonshire5,662 residents · 74.1% owned · 7.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sawtry & Gidding

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

Tenure

Owned73.6%
2,240 households
Private rented14%
425 households
Social rented10.6%
324 households
Shared ownership1.8%
55 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached52%
1,582 households
Semi-detached35.3%
1,073 households
Terraced7.4%
226 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.6%
79 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.2%
36 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.7%
1,148 households
1 car or van in household35.5%
1,081 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.9%
485 households
No cars or vans in household10.8%
329 households
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.1%
1,161 households
4 or more bedrooms34.1%
1,039 households
2 bedrooms22.6%
689 households
1 bedroom5.1%
156 households
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.3%
2,140 households
One-person household25.9%
788 households
Other household types3.8%
117 households
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.5%
1,231 households
1 person in household25.9%
788 households
3 people in household16.6%
504 households
4 people in household11.8%
358 households
5 people in household3.8%
115 households
6 people in household1.3%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,140 residents
15–2915.2%
1,075 residents
30–4417.3%
1,223 residents
45–6430.2%
2,141 residents
65 and over21.3%
1,507 residents
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.9%
6,792 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
116 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
82 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
64 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
30 residents
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30%
1,764 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19%
1,115 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
978 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
900 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
662 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.3%
3,719 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.2%
2,067 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.1%
1,355 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.8%
927 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.6%
859 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.9%
639 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.7%
631 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
365 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.1%
302 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
244 residents aged 16 and over
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.6%
3,305 residents
Good health37%
2,623 residents
Fair health12.4%
875 residents
Bad health3.1%
219 residents
Very bad health0.9%
63 residents
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.6%
5,922 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.4%
1,164 residents
Sawtry & Gidding · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.7%
1,605 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,022 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.4%
346 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
67 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Sawtry & Gidding · 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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