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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004260

Blandford Outer & Tarrants

Blandford Outer & Tarrants is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,024 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
9,024

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,265

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.9%

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.

Glastonbury West & Street South, Mendip8,792 residents · 78.2% owned · 9.0% no carCherry Burton, Leconfield & Middleton, East Riding of Yorkshire6,259 residents · 78.4% owned · 5.3% no carMarket Overton, Cottesmore & Empingham, Rutland8,950 residents · 64.9% owned · 6.6% no carBradninch, Silverton & Thorverton, Mid Devon8,523 residents · 72.9% owned · 8.9% no carShawbury & Weston, Shropshire6,063 residents · 69.0% owned · 7.1% no carThirsk South & Coxwold, Hambleton9,529 residents · 64.0% owned · 11.1% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bovington, Wool & Lulworth, Dorset8,330 residents · 60.0% owned · 8.6% no carBere Regis & Lytchett Matravers, Dorset5,834 residents · 70.0% owned · 8.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blandford Outer & Tarrants

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

Tenure

Owned64.6%
2,108 households
Private rented22.3%
727 households
Social rented12.4%
404 households
Shared ownership0.7%
24 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.9%
1,401 households
Semi-detached32%
1,043 households
Terraced18.5%
603 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.5%
115 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.3%
42 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
23 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.1%
1,244 households
2 cars or vans in household37%
1,209 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.5%
572 households
No cars or vans in household7.4%
240 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.8%
1,431 households
4 or more bedrooms27%
881 households
2 bedrooms23%
752 households
1 bedroom6.2%
201 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.4%
2,365 households
One-person household22.9%
749 households
Other household types4.6%
151 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43.1%
1,406 households
1 person in household22.9%
749 households
3 people in household15.6%
508 households
4 people in household13.1%
427 households
5 people in household3.9%
128 households
6 people in household1%
32 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,490 residents
15–2920.6%
1,858 residents
30–4417%
1,539 residents
45–6424%
2,166 residents
65 and over21.9%
1,974 residents
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.9%
8,387 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.5%
405 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
102 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
75 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
55 residents
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.9%
2,351 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.4%
1,353 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.2%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.4%
984 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
726 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
496 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
4,177 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.5%
2,981 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.1%
1,699 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
994 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13%
957 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
926 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.1%
669 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.6%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
455 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
345 residents aged 16 and over
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.6%
4,746 residents
Good health33.8%
3,048 residents
Fair health10%
905 residents
Bad health2.9%
261 residents
Very bad health0.7%
65 residents
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
7,622 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,402 residents
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.8%
1,789 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
1,076 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
340 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
57 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Blandford Outer & Tarrants · 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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