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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004415

Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly

Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,700 residents in Wealden. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,700

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,748

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.7%

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.

Abberley, Holt Heath & Hallow, Malvern Hills8,524 residents · 77.3% owned · 5.7% no carFeniton & Whimple, East Devon8,894 residents · 77.7% owned · 6.0% no carWhaddon, Whiteparish & Winterslow, Wiltshire8,044 residents · 81.6% owned · 5.6% no carDebenham, Stonham & Coddenham, Mid Suffolk8,348 residents · 77.5% owned · 5.9% no carBaschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill, Shropshire8,767 residents · 78.8% owned · 5.2% no carDoveridge, Brailsford & Bradley, Derbyshire Dales8,264 residents · 77.5% owned · 5.9% no car

Most similar within Wealden

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Buxted, Framfield & Rotherfield, Wealden7,990 residents · 81.4% owned · 6.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly

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

Tenure

Owned77.7%
2,134 households
Private rented12.6%
347 households
Social rented8.4%
232 households
Shared ownership1.2%
33 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached54.3%
1,492 households
Semi-detached28.3%
778 households
Terraced9.2%
253 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.8%
105 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.8%
49 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
13 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.2%
1,159 households
1 car or van in household30.5%
837 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22.3%
612 households
No cars or vans in household5.1%
140 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.5%
1,196 households
3 bedrooms31.1%
856 households
2 bedrooms20.7%
570 households
1 bedroom4.6%
126 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.8%
1,973 households
One-person household22.8%
627 households
Other household types5.4%
147 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.9%
1,180 households
1 person in household22.8%
628 households
3 people in household14.9%
411 households
4 people in household13.5%
371 households
5 people in household4%
110 households
6 people in household1.2%
33 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
1,023 residents
15–2912.3%
825 residents
30–4414%
941 residents
45–6431.7%
2,124 residents
65 and over26.6%
1,785 residents
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.9%
6,422 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
132 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
85 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
36 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
24 residents
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.7%
2,065 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
996 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
844 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.5%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
591 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
300 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.8%
3,251 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
2,303 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,322 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers20.4%
1,145 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.8%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.1%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
297 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
267 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
3,403 residents
Good health34.3%
2,299 residents
Fair health11.1%
746 residents
Bad health3%
198 residents
Very bad health0.8%
55 residents
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
5,631 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,065 residents
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.8%
1,561 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
912 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.6%
236 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
38 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly · 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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