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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004267

Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers

Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,057 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
5,057

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,239

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.6%

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.

Williton, Quantock & Stogursey, Somerset West and Taunton7,971 residents · 71.8% owned · 8.2% no carTatworth & Combe St Nicholas, South Somerset7,470 residents · 79.5% owned · 7.1% no carYoxford, Wenhaston & Walberswick, East Suffolk6,259 residents · 75.6% owned · 7.3% no carHorrabridge & Mary Tavy, West Devon6,224 residents · 79.8% owned · 8.2% no carSidbury, Offwell & Beer, East Devon5,325 residents · 76.4% owned · 9.3% no carShobdon, Luston & Bodenham, Herefordshire, County of8,834 residents · 74.6% owned · 6.0% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Beaminster, Maiden Newton & Halstock, Dorset10,043 residents · 68.9% owned · 8.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers

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

Tenure

Owned71.4%
1,598 households
Private rented17.6%
395 households
Social rented10.2%
229 households
Shared ownership0.8%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached57.5%
1,288 households
Semi-detached22%
492 households
Terraced14.6%
326 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2%
45 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.6%
36 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
12 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household36.7%
821 households
2 cars or vans in household35.4%
792 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.1%
428 households
No cars or vans in household8.8%
198 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.5%
883 households
4 or more bedrooms34.2%
764 households
2 bedrooms21%
469 households
1 bedroom5.4%
121 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.7%
1,496 households
One-person household27.3%
612 households
Other household types6%
134 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household45.5%
1,018 households
1 person in household27.3%
612 households
3 people in household12.8%
287 households
4 people in household9.8%
219 households
5 people in household3%
67 households
6 people in household1.1%
25 households
7 people in household0.4%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.5%
529 residents
15–2911.4%
574 residents
30–4411.3%
570 residents
45–6431.1%
1,571 residents
65 and over35.8%
1,811 residents
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.2%
4,966 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
44 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
21 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
18 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
7 residents
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.6%
1,685 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.9%
715 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
653 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.3%
643 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
405 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
269 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.7%
2,230 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.9%
2,194 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
60 residents aged 16 and over
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.4%
1,003 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers18.6%
834 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.8%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.5%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
253 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4%
180 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.7%
2,258 residents
Good health35.5%
1,797 residents
Fair health14.7%
745 residents
Bad health3.9%
199 residents
Very bad health1.1%
58 residents
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
4,077 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
980 residents
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.5%
1,153 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
810 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%
239 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
37 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Corfe Castle & Langton Matravers · 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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