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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004400

Collington, Cooden & Little Common

Collington, Cooden & Little Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,532 residents in Rother. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,532

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,879

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

527.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.6%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Collington, Cooden & Little Common

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

Tenure

Owned88.1%
4,298 households
Private rented8.3%
406 households
Social rented2.6%
127 households
Shared ownership1%
48 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached73.2%
3,568 households
Semi-detached11.1%
542 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.2%
400 households
Terraced4.6%
226 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
93 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
11 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
2,153 households
2 cars or vans in household32.6%
1,591 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13%
633 households
No cars or vans in household10.3%
501 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.8%
1,746 households
4 or more bedrooms33.9%
1,652 households
2 bedrooms26.8%
1,309 households
1 bedroom3.5%
171 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.9%
3,216 households
One-person household28.6%
1,398 households
Other household types5.5%
266 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household48.3%
2,357 households
1 person in household28.6%
1,397 households
3 people in household11.4%
557 households
4 people in household8%
390 households
5 people in household2.4%
117 households
6 people in household0.9%
44 households
7 people in household0.2%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.4%
986 residents
15–299.6%
1,007 residents
30–449.8%
1,034 residents
45–6426.4%
2,780 residents
65 and over44.9%
4,724 residents
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.7%
10,181 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
161 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
106 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
44 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
39 residents
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.6%
2,897 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.6%
1,763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
1,436 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
1,344 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
640 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
306 residents aged 16 and over
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive58.2%
5,513 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.7%
3,860 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
101 residents aged 16 and over
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
2,265 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,453 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.3%
1,453 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.9%
1,416 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
978 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students2.7%
256 residents aged 16 and over
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.8%
4,081 residents
Good health38.2%
4,026 residents
Fair health17%
1,792 residents
Bad health4.8%
502 residents
Very bad health1.2%
130 residents
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.1%
8,115 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.9%
2,415 residents
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.6%
2,324 households
Household is deprived in one dimension39.3%
1,919 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.9%
581 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
52 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
2 households
Collington, Cooden & Little Common · 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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