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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004403

Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch

Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,434 residents in Wealden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,434

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,678

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

115.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.0%

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.

Westcott, Ockley & Capel, Mole Valley7,512 residents · 71.5% owned · 6.6% no carHorsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne, Mid Sussex6,889 residents · 76.4% owned · 6.6% no carWatlington & Nettlebed, South Oxfordshire5,519 residents · 70.5% owned · 8.0% no carPetersfield North & East Meon, East Hampshire11,210 residents · 74.8% owned · 8.3% no carChailey, Newick & Barcombe, Lewes7,650 residents · 74.3% owned · 6.2% no carBathavon North & South, Bath and North East Somerset10,557 residents · 79.2% owned · 10.2% no car

Most similar within Wealden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mayfield & Wadhurst, Wealden8,102 residents · 76.9% owned · 7.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch

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

Tenure

Owned72.6%
1,945 households
Private rented18%
482 households
Social rented9.3%
250 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Shared ownership0%
0 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached45.1%
1,210 households
Semi-detached29.2%
783 households
Terraced10.6%
284 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.4%
253 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.6%
71 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
36 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
16 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.1%
993 households
2 cars or vans in household35.2%
942 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19%
510 households
No cars or vans in household8.7%
234 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.5%
1,031 households
3 bedrooms33.1%
886 households
2 bedrooms19.3%
517 households
1 bedroom9.1%
245 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66%
1,768 households
One-person household27.1%
725 households
Other household types6.9%
186 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
959 households
1 person in household27%
725 households
3 people in household16.6%
444 households
4 people in household14.3%
384 households
5 people in household4.3%
114 households
6 people in household1.2%
33 households
7 people in household0.6%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,039 residents
15–2913.4%
864 residents
30–4414.4%
926 residents
45–6431.1%
2,003 residents
65 and over24.9%
1,605 residents
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
6,051 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
212 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
104 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
46 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
22 residents
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45%
2,384 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
944 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
699 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.3%
548 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.7%
408 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
224 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
95 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.7%
3,114 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
2,116 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
72 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.8%
1,370 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers19.1%
1,010 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,001 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10%
532 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
281 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.1%
273 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
252 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.3%
3,493 residents
Good health31.7%
2,039 residents
Fair health10.5%
675 residents
Bad health2.8%
183 residents
Very bad health0.7%
44 residents
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.4%
5,497 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.6%
937 residents
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.3%
1,534 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
876 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
236 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch · 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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