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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004244

East Verwood

East Verwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,689 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
7,689

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,292

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,205.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.7%

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.

Hinckley East, Hinckley and Bosworth6,640 residents · 86.0% owned · 9.7% no carHedge End South, Eastleigh9,858 residents · 83.8% owned · 8.3% no carTaverham, Broadland9,837 residents · 79.9% owned · 9.2% no carWashingborough & Branston, North Kesteven10,720 residents · 84.1% owned · 10.4% no carCowplain East, Havant6,187 residents · 85.8% owned · 12.4% no carKesgrave West & Rushmere, East Suffolk9,325 residents · 78.4% owned · 11.7% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Corfe Mullen, Dorset10,374 residents · 82.4% owned · 6.7% no carFerndown West & Canford Bottom, Dorset6,326 residents · 85.8% owned · 8.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in East Verwood

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

Tenure

Owned85.4%
2,810 households
Private rented11.4%
375 households
Social rented2.6%
84 households
Shared ownership0.7%
23 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached68.6%
2,259 households
Semi-detached14.4%
473 households
Terraced12.9%
424 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.3%
107 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.3%
1,260 households
1 car or van in household37.2%
1,224 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.8%
585 households
No cars or vans in household6.7%
222 households
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.7%
1,571 households
4 or more bedrooms25.8%
850 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
733 households
1 bedroom4.2%
137 households
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.2%
2,341 households
One-person household24.7%
813 households
Other household types4.1%
136 households
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%
1,355 households
1 person in household24.7%
813 households
3 people in household16.8%
554 households
4 people in household12.6%
414 households
5 people in household3.4%
113 households
6 people in household1%
34 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
1,168 residents
15–2913.7%
1,056 residents
30–4416.5%
1,271 residents
45–6426.8%
2,057 residents
65 and over27.7%
2,132 residents
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.4%
7,562 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
70 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.3%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
18 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
13 residents
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.7%
1,845 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.8%
1,278 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.7%
882 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
742 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.8%
503 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
189 residents aged 16 and over
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.4%
3,697 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
2,633 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
111 residents aged 16 and over
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
1,581 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
963 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.8%
950 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.7%
820 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.8%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.3%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.7%
240 residents aged 16 and over
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.7%
3,744 residents
Good health34.9%
2,684 residents
Fair health12.3%
948 residents
Bad health3%
231 residents
Very bad health1.1%
83 residents
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.8%
6,445 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.2%
1,245 residents
East Verwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.1%
1,781 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
1,131 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10%
330 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
47 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
East Verwood · 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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