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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003780

HIston, Impington & Orchard Park

HIston, Impington & Orchard Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,428 residents in South Cambridgeshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,428

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,689

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

789.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

51.4%

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.

Sevenoaks North, Sevenoaks9,853 residents · 60.6% owned · 15.1% no carNorth Ely, East Cambridgeshire11,960 residents · 63.6% owned · 18.3% no carWallingford & Brightwell, South Oxfordshire9,698 residents · 67.1% owned · 14.9% no carLawn & East Wichel, Swindon9,358 residents · 70.0% owned · 16.1% no carThame South, South Oxfordshire7,889 residents · 68.7% owned · 13.2% no carWarwick South East, Myton & Heathcote, Warwick13,236 residents · 68.3% owned · 13.2% no car

Most similar within South Cambridgeshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fulbourn & Teversham, South Cambridgeshire8,952 residents · 61.1% owned · 16.0% no carBar Hill, Girton & Grantchester, South Cambridgeshire11,885 residents · 72.1% owned · 12.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in HIston, Impington & Orchard Park

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

Tenure

Owned60.5%
2,839 households
Social rented19.1%
896 households
Private rented16.4%
769 households
Shared ownership3.8%
178 households
Lives rent free0.1%
7 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.2%
1,652 households
Detached28.9%
1,356 households
Terraced18.6%
871 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.9%
745 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.2%
2,213 households
2 cars or vans in household27.1%
1,271 households
No cars or vans in household17.6%
824 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.1%
381 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.1%
1,552 households
4 or more bedrooms30.9%
1,447 households
2 bedrooms25.6%
1,201 households
1 bedroom10.4%
490 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
2,990 households
One-person household28.4%
1,332 households
Other household types7.8%
367 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.4%
1,565 households
1 person in household28.4%
1,331 households
3 people in household16%
749 households
4 people in household15.8%
742 households
5 people in household4.8%
224 households
6 people in household1.2%
58 households
7 people in household0.2%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
2,051 residents
15–2917.1%
1,952 residents
30–4421.6%
2,469 residents
45–6425.4%
2,905 residents
65 and over17.9%
2,050 residents
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.6%
9,895 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.7%
771 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
414 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
210 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
137 residents
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above51.4%
4,745 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.1%
1,117 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12%
1,105 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.3%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
405 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
213 residents aged 16 and over
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.5%
5,956 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.6%
3,103 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
177 residents aged 16 and over
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
2,272 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.1%
2,135 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
1,038 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
827 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.8%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
443 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
366 residents aged 16 and over
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.9%
5,933 residents
Good health33%
3,775 residents
Fair health11.4%
1,303 residents
Bad health2.8%
315 residents
Very bad health0.9%
102 residents
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.9%
9,587 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.1%
1,841 residents
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.9%
2,619 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.6%
1,480 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.2%
477 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
107 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
HIston, Impington & Orchard Park · 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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