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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004280

Chickerell & Chesil Bank

Chickerell & Chesil Bank is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,375 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
8,375

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,729

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

91.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.9%

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.

Martock, South Somerset5,602 residents · 73.2% owned · 10.7% no carCarnforth, Silverdale & Warton, Lancaster9,943 residents · 78.6% owned · 13.0% no carPorthleven, Breage & Praa Sands, Cornwall6,903 residents · 73.9% owned · 10.2% no carCherry Willingham & Bardney, West Lindsey9,769 residents · 78.1% owned · 10.1% no carBurton & Airport, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,223 residents · 76.8% owned · 9.3% no carAngmering North, Patching & Findon, Arun5,598 residents · 77.4% owned · 9.3% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Owermoigne, Broadmayne & Winterbourne, Dorset8,023 residents · 74.0% owned · 8.1% no carWareham, Sandford & Holton Heath, Dorset8,498 residents · 68.5% owned · 16.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Chickerell & Chesil Bank

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

Tenure

Owned71.3%
2,658 households
Private rented15.5%
579 households
Social rented11.5%
428 households
Shared ownership1.7%
64 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached38.3%
1,430 households
Semi-detached25.6%
954 households
Terraced25.5%
953 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.2%
231 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.2%
118 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,573 households
2 cars or vans in household32.6%
1,218 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.3%
497 households
No cars or vans in household11.9%
443 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.3%
1,727 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
963 households
4 or more bedrooms20.6%
767 households
1 bedroom7.3%
274 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.2%
2,471 households
One-person household29%
1,084 households
Other household types4.7%
177 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.3%
1,544 households
1 person in household29%
1,084 households
3 people in household14.1%
527 households
4 people in household11.2%
419 households
5 people in household2.8%
103 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514%
1,169 residents
15–2912.7%
1,064 residents
30–4415.2%
1,275 residents
45–6429.5%
2,469 residents
65 and over28.6%
2,397 residents
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.9%
8,198 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
85 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
69 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
13 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
10 residents
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.9%
2,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.5%
1,387 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
1,174 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,018 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
757 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.7%
548 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
3,907 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.8%
3,119 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
94 residents aged 16 and over
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.8%
1,556 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.1%
1,005 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13%
926 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.6%
826 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.1%
718 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
466 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
403 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
294 residents aged 16 and over
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.2%
3,698 residents
Good health35.8%
3,001 residents
Fair health14.6%
1,220 residents
Bad health4.3%
361 residents
Very bad health1.1%
95 residents
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.6%
6,665 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.4%
1,713 residents
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.8%
1,820 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
1,369 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.5%
467 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
71 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Chickerell & Chesil Bank · 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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