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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004247

Sturminster Marshall & Crichel

Sturminster Marshall & Crichel is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,080 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
6,080

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,478

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

42.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.4%

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.

Debenham, Stonham & Coddenham, Mid Suffolk8,348 residents · 77.5% owned · 5.9% no carBaschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill, Shropshire8,767 residents · 78.8% owned · 5.2% no carPilton, Butleigh & Alhampton, Mendip6,933 residents · 78.1% owned · 4.6% no carInkberrow & Flyford Flavell, Wychavon5,864 residents · 83.8% owned · 4.2% no carFive Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly, Wealden6,700 residents · 77.7% owned · 5.1% no carAbberley, Holt Heath & Hallow, Malvern Hills8,524 residents · 77.3% owned · 5.7% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Alderholt & Sixpenny Handley, Dorset6,448 residents · 71.3% owned · 5.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sturminster Marshall & Crichel

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

Tenure

Owned69.6%
1,725 households
Private rented21.1%
522 households
Social rented9%
222 households
Shared ownership0.4%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached61.4%
1,519 households
Semi-detached26.4%
654 households
Terraced7.6%
188 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.5%
38 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.4%
35 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
23 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.6%
1,055 households
3 or more cars or vans in household26.3%
651 households
1 car or van in household25.8%
639 households
No cars or vans in household5.4%
133 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.3%
999 households
3 bedrooms40%
991 households
2 bedrooms16.7%
414 households
1 bedroom3%
74 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.8%
1,827 households
One-person household20%
496 households
Other household types6.2%
154 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household44.4%
1,101 households
1 person in household20%
496 households
3 people in household15.7%
389 households
4 people in household13.7%
339 households
5 people in household4.4%
109 households
6 people in household1.3%
31 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.2%
863 residents
15–2912.3%
749 residents
30–4413%
791 residents
45–6433%
2,009 residents
65 and over27.4%
1,669 residents
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.5%
5,988 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
56 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
24 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
6 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
6 residents
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.4%
1,870 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
893 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
728 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13%
667 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.3%
529 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.2%
2,936 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
2,121 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
73 residents aged 16 and over
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
1,228 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.9%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.1%
876 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.4%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
236 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
222 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
214 residents aged 16 and over
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.9%
3,034 residents
Good health34.4%
2,092 residents
Fair health12.1%
733 residents
Bad health2.7%
165 residents
Very bad health1%
58 residents
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.7%
5,090 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.3%
992 residents
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.4%
1,374 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
823 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.8%
244 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
37 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Sturminster Marshall & Crichel · 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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