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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003777

Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington

Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,937 residents in South Cambridgeshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,937

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,015

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

274.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.2%

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.

Little Paxton, Love's Farm & Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire10,935 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.3% no carBishops Tachbrook, Barford & Hatton Park, Warwick11,643 residents · 74.4% owned · 7.1% no carBow Brickhill & Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes8,744 residents · 71.7% owned · 9.2% no carSouth Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury, Vale of White Horse13,914 residents · 67.2% owned · 10.0% no carDickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath, Solihull12,134 residents · 74.3% owned · 6.8% no carIslip, Arncott & Chesterton, Cherwell13,065 residents · 72.4% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within South Cambridgeshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Papworth, Caxton & Fen Drayton, South Cambridgeshire10,233 residents · 68.9% owned · 7.1% no carLittle Shelford , Foxton & Haslingfield, South Cambridgeshire8,121 residents · 72.2% owned · 8.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington

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

Tenure

Owned72.5%
2,911 households
Private rented14.4%
577 households
Social rented10.5%
420 households
Shared ownership2.6%
105 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.4%
1,744 households
Semi-detached31.8%
1,279 households
Terraced15.2%
609 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
190 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.7%
107 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
76 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
2 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.5%
1,746 households
2 cars or vans in household37.4%
1,503 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.5%
423 households
No cars or vans in household8.6%
345 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms37.8%
1,519 households
3 bedrooms32.8%
1,317 households
2 bedrooms23.4%
938 households
1 bedroom6%
241 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.7%
2,839 households
One-person household25%
1,006 households
Other household types4.3%
172 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.7%
1,395 households
1 person in household25%
1,003 households
4 people in household17.2%
690 households
3 people in household17%
684 households
5 people in household4.7%
189 households
6 people in household1.1%
43 households
7 people in household0.1%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.1%
2,099 residents
15–2915.5%
1,543 residents
30–4425.5%
2,538 residents
45–6423.6%
2,349 residents
65 and over14.2%
1,408 residents
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.1%
8,561 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.2%
711 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.7%
367 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
172 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
127 residents
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.2%
3,797 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
1,152 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.7%
900 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.3%
798 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.5%
575 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.9%
5,317 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.5%
2,277 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
1,958 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.8%
1,913 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.9%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
468 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
344 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
328 residents aged 16 and over
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.4%
5,605 residents
Good health31.5%
3,134 residents
Fair health9.2%
910 residents
Bad health2.3%
226 residents
Very bad health0.6%
62 residents
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
8,614 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,323 residents
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.7%
2,477 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.8%
1,158 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8%
320 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Longstanton, Swavesey & Oakington · 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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