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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004249

Colehill

Colehill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,027 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
6,027

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,514

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

859.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.8%

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.

North Ferriby & Swanland, East Riding of Yorkshire8,077 residents · 85.5% owned · 7.3% no carFetcham, Mole Valley8,022 residents · 87.8% owned · 6.4% no carMarlbrook & Lickey End, Bromsgrove8,036 residents · 84.8% owned · 7.5% no carClanfield & Finchdean, East Hampshire8,743 residents · 81.6% owned · 7.0% no carHorndean North, East Hampshire6,554 residents · 79.4% owned · 8.0% no carKelsall, Tarvin & Ashton Hayes, Cheshire West and Chester7,125 residents · 82.3% owned · 7.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Colehill

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

Tenure

Owned82.4%
2,072 households
Social rented8.3%
209 households
Private rented8.3%
208 households
Shared ownership1%
24 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached66.6%
1,672 households
Semi-detached19.2%
483 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.3%
158 households
Terraced6.1%
153 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household43.6%
1,095 households
1 car or van in household32.4%
815 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.5%
441 households
No cars or vans in household6.4%
162 households
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms42.3%
1,066 households
3 bedrooms35.5%
893 households
2 bedrooms17.6%
442 households
1 bedroom4.6%
117 households
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.6%
1,848 households
One-person household22.4%
562 households
Other household types4.1%
102 households
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.7%
1,022 households
1 person in household22.4%
562 households
3 people in household17.5%
439 households
4 people in household15%
376 households
5 people in household3.6%
91 households
6 people in household0.8%
19 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516%
964 residents
15–2913.6%
819 residents
30–4414.8%
894 residents
45–6428.1%
1,696 residents
65 and over27.5%
1,660 residents
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
5,889 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
79 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
12 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
9 residents
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.8%
2,086 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
896 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
735 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.1%
506 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.7%
2,780 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.6%
2,125 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
88 residents aged 16 and over
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.5%
1,375 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.7%
1,031 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
640 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
480 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.3%
314 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
234 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.6%
179 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
162 residents aged 16 and over
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.6%
3,229 residents
Good health33.3%
2,010 residents
Fair health10.3%
623 residents
Bad health2.2%
130 residents
Very bad health0.6%
36 residents
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
5,183 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
844 residents
Colehill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.2%
1,538 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.8%
748 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.3%
183 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
40 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Colehill · 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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