Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004282

Preston & Lodmoor

Preston & Lodmoor is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,848 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset

8,848

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,109

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,081.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Preston & Lodmoor

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

Tenure

Owned83.2%

3,418 households

Private rented12.3%

505 households

Social rented3.5%

142 households

Shared ownership1.1%

44 households

Lives rent free0%

0 households

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached56.5%

2,318 households

Semi-detached15.6%

640 households

Terraced14.2%

583 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.5%

432 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%

80 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%

30 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%

17 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

6 households

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.2%

1,817 households

2 cars or vans in household30.2%

1,240 households

No cars or vans in household13.4%

552 households

3 or more cars or vans in household12.2%

501 households

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.7%

1,755 households

4 or more bedrooms26.9%

1,106 households

2 bedrooms24.5%

1,008 households

1 bedroom5.8%

240 households

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.2%

2,720 households

One-person household29.5%

1,214 households

Other household types4.3%

175 households

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household46.4%

1,906 households

1 person in household29.5%

1,214 households

3 people in household12.3%

505 households

4 people in household8%

328 households

5 people in household2.7%

109 households

6 people in household0.9%

35 households

8 or more people in household0.2%

7 households

7 people in household0.1%

6 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.3%

914 residents

15–2910.6%

935 residents

30–4411.5%

1,016 residents

45–6428.1%

2,489 residents

65 and over39.5%

3,494 residents

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%

8,618 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%

102 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%

82 residents

Other ethnic group0.4%

36 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%

12 residents

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.6%

2,639 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications17.1%

1,342 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications14.6%

1,148 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications14.4%

1,134 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%

789 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship7%

553 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications3.3%

258 residents aged 16 and over

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive53.5%

4,204 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.4%

3,566 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.2%

91 residents aged 16 and over

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.1%

2,051 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%

1,111 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations14%

1,103 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%

938 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%

922 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations8.7%

685 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%

400 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%

388 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students3.3%

262 residents aged 16 and over

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.5%

3,586 residents

Good health38.2%

3,379 residents

Fair health16%

1,418 residents

Bad health4.1%

367 residents

Very bad health1.1%

98 residents

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.6%

6,953 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act21.4%

1,895 residents

Preston & Lodmoor · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.7%

2,125 households

Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%

1,476 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions10.7%

440 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%

60 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%

8 households

Preston & Lodmoor · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02004282

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Preston & Lodmoor

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

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Life in Preston & Lodmoor

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.