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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004253

Parley & Hampreston

Parley & Hampreston is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,801 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
9,801

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,288

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

763.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

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.

High Salvington & Findon Valley, Worthing7,693 residents · 91.2% owned · 9.3% no carHayling West & North, Havant5,948 residents · 83.0% owned · 10.0% no carHartley & Hodsoll Street, Sevenoaks5,931 residents · 81.8% owned · 10.3% no carWest Mersea, Colchester7,221 residents · 81.2% owned · 12.9% no carBishopsteignton & Shaldon, Teignbridge6,597 residents · 83.0% owned · 8.6% no carChestfield & South Tankerton, Canterbury8,437 residents · 88.5% owned · 11.5% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

West Verwood, Dorset7,487 residents · 77.0% owned · 8.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Parley & Hampreston

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

Tenure

Owned87.5%
3,752 households
Private rented8.9%
380 households
Social rented2.8%
119 households
Shared ownership0.9%
37 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached74%
3,174 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.5%
537 households
Semi-detached5.2%
224 households
Terraced4.2%
181 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2%
85 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
46 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household36.8%
1,580 households
1 car or van in household36.2%
1,552 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.5%
749 households
No cars or vans in household9.5%
407 households
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.1%
1,635 households
3 bedrooms33.8%
1,451 households
2 bedrooms22.9%
983 households
1 bedroom5.2%
221 households
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.5%
2,939 households
One-person household26.5%
1,135 households
Other household types5%
215 households
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household44.6%
1,915 households
1 person in household26.5%
1,135 households
3 people in household13.1%
564 households
4 people in household11.1%
476 households
5 people in household3.7%
157 households
6 people in household0.6%
26 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512%
1,179 residents
15–2911%
1,076 residents
30–4412.8%
1,253 residents
45–6426.6%
2,603 residents
65 and over37.6%
3,687 residents
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
9,535 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
124 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
98 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
29 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
15 residents
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
2,657 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,439 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.7%
1,338 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
1,274 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
907 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
642 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.5%
4,398 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)47.1%
4,020 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
2,069 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,456 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.1%
1,288 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.7%
1,167 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.1%
947 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6%
517 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.5%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.6%
4,467 residents
Good health35.3%
3,460 residents
Fair health14.6%
1,435 residents
Bad health3.4%
336 residents
Very bad health1%
102 residents
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
7,966 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
1,834 residents
Parley & Hampreston · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.7%
2,261 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,547 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
435 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
43 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
2 households
Parley & Hampreston · 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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