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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004262

Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine

Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,889 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
7,889

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,401

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.0%

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.

Westonzoyland, Ashcott & Cossington, Sedgemoor9,364 residents · 83.0% owned · 5.4% no carMuskham, Sutton on Trent & Walesby, Newark and Sherwood8,061 residents · 79.4% owned · 7.4% no carTatworth & Combe St Nicholas, South Somerset7,470 residents · 79.5% owned · 7.1% no carPotterne & Rowde, Wiltshire8,418 residents · 73.0% owned · 7.9% no carBurwash, Sedlescombe & Staplecross, Rother7,909 residents · 77.0% owned · 7.0% no carAlveley, Claverley & Worfield, Shropshire7,876 residents · 70.1% owned · 5.8% 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 Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine

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

Tenure

Owned72.8%
2,475 households
Private rented14.1%
481 households
Social rented12.4%
421 households
Shared ownership0.7%
24 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached52.3%
1,779 households
Semi-detached32.3%
1,097 households
Terraced9.4%
321 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.9%
100 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.7%
59 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
22 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
5 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39%
1,327 households
1 car or van in household33.5%
1,140 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.9%
746 households
No cars or vans in household5.5%
188 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.4%
1,408 households
4 or more bedrooms32.8%
1,116 households
2 bedrooms21.2%
721 households
1 bedroom4.6%
157 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72%
2,447 households
One-person household23.2%
790 households
Other household types4.8%
162 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household47.5%
1,617 households
1 person in household23.2%
790 households
3 people in household14.8%
505 households
4 people in household10.3%
351 households
5 people in household3%
102 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.4%
975 residents
15–2913.1%
1,035 residents
30–4413.1%
1,035 residents
45–6432.5%
2,564 residents
65 and over28.9%
2,278 residents
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98%
7,732 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
73 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
43 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
18 residents
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34%
2,313 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,220 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.1%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%
647 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
390 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.7%
3,727 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44%
2,996 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
88 residents aged 16 and over
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.1%
1,508 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.1%
1,168 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.8%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
676 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
347 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.6%
3,599 residents
Good health36.8%
2,900 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,030 residents
Bad health3.5%
274 residents
Very bad health1.1%
87 residents
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
6,487 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,402 residents
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.6%
1,787 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,155 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
377 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
77 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine · 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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