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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004290

Ouston & Beamish

Ouston & Beamish is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,722 residents in County Durham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for County Durham
5,722

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,588

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

647.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.1%

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.

Altofts, Wakefield5,927 residents · 75.4% owned · 17.7% no carKirk Sandall & Barnby Dun, Doncaster8,445 residents · 81.0% owned · 15.6% no carSpringwell & Usworth, Sunderland5,876 residents · 79.7% owned · 19.0% no carNew Brighton & Mynyddisa, Flintshire7,039 residents · 86.2% owned · 9.0% no carDeepcar & Bolsterstone, Sheffield5,618 residents · 79.3% owned · 15.9% no carThorpe Hesley, Rotherham6,666 residents · 76.3% owned · 11.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ouston & Beamish

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

Tenure

Owned81.8%
2,118 households
Private rented10.7%
277 households
Social rented7%
182 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached50.8%
1,313 households
Detached21.8%
563 households
Terraced21.1%
545 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.5%
142 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.8%
1,030 households
2 cars or vans in household35.2%
910 households
No cars or vans in household13.5%
350 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.5%
298 households
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.9%
1,318 households
2 bedrooms23.3%
604 households
4 or more bedrooms21.2%
548 households
1 bedroom4.6%
119 households
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.3%
1,795 households
One-person household28.4%
737 households
Other household types2.3%
59 households
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.9%
1,060 households
1 person in household28.5%
738 households
3 people in household17.1%
444 households
4 people in household10.6%
275 households
5 people in household2.2%
58 households
6 people in household0.4%
11 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.2%
756 residents
15–2914.7%
839 residents
30–4416.3%
935 residents
45–6430.3%
1,735 residents
65 and over25.5%
1,457 residents
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.8%
5,595 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
83 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.4%
21 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
11 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
10 residents
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.1%
1,382 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.9%
977 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
753 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
742 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
490 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.4%
413 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.4%
2,818 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
2,009 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.9%
1,074 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations16.5%
811 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.5%
615 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.3%
557 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.9%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.3%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
365 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.4%
316 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
229 residents aged 16 and over
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.7%
2,616 residents
Good health35.5%
2,032 residents
Fair health13.8%
792 residents
Bad health4%
229 residents
Very bad health0.9%
53 residents
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.1%
4,642 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.9%
1,080 residents
Ouston & Beamish · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.8%
1,367 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
862 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.2%
317 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
41 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Ouston & Beamish · 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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