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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004273

Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale

Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,173 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
7,173

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,430

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

89.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.5%

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.

Church Stretton, Shropshire5,752 residents · 75.5% owned · 15.2% no carSouthwold, Reydon & Wrentham, East Suffolk5,842 residents · 70.0% owned · 13.5% no carGrange-over-Sands & Cartmel Peninsula, South Lakeland7,942 residents · 77.3% owned · 12.9% no carWells & Blakeney, North Norfolk5,834 residents · 61.0% owned · 13.8% no carPickering & Thornton Dale, Ryedale10,614 residents · 71.6% owned · 14.9% no carKilmington, Colyton & Uplyme, East Devon8,360 residents · 77.8% owned · 9.4% 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 Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale

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

Tenure

Owned72.1%
2,473 households
Social rented14.1%
483 households
Private rented12.6%
433 households
Shared ownership1.2%
41 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached48.7%
1,669 households
Semi-detached21.9%
750 households
Terraced13%
445 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.8%
336 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.2%
111 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
55 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
49 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
15 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,508 households
2 cars or vans in household30.6%
1,049 households
No cars or vans in household12.9%
443 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.5%
428 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.6%
1,392 households
4 or more bedrooms26.5%
908 households
2 bedrooms24.2%
831 households
1 bedroom8.7%
299 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.4%
2,138 households
One-person household33.6%
1,153 households
Other household types4%
137 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household44.1%
1,514 households
1 person in household33.6%
1,153 households
3 people in household10.5%
360 households
4 people in household8.1%
277 households
5 people in household2.8%
97 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.6%
758 residents
15–2910.7%
767 residents
30–449.8%
705 residents
45–6430%
2,154 residents
65 and over38.9%
2,790 residents
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
7,034 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
70 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
38 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
15 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
15 residents
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.5%
2,378 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.4%
978 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
925 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
913 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
398 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive53.5%
3,391 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.7%
2,894 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
54 residents aged 16 and over
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.7%
1,437 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers22.2%
1,406 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.6%
927 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.1%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
361 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
301 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.4%
214 residents aged 16 and over
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43%
3,083 residents
Good health36.6%
2,626 residents
Fair health15.5%
1,115 residents
Bad health3.8%
272 residents
Very bad health1.1%
77 residents
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.1%
5,677 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.9%
1,496 residents
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.7%
1,740 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36%
1,234 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.5%
395 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Lyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale · 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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