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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004443

Lee Chapel South & Kingswood

Lee Chapel South & Kingswood is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,314 residents in Basildon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,314

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,340

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,687.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.2%

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 Lee Chapel South & Kingswood

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

Tenure

Owned57.2%
2,484 households
Private rented26.5%
1,150 households
Social rented15.5%
673 households
Shared ownership0.6%
26 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.2%
1,743 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.1%
1,176 households
Semi-detached16.6%
721 households
Detached14.3%
619 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
33 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
25 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45%
1,953 households
2 cars or vans in household23.5%
1,021 households
No cars or vans in household23.4%
1,017 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8%
348 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.9%
1,558 households
2 bedrooms30.2%
1,312 households
4 or more bedrooms17.6%
766 households
1 bedroom16.2%
704 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.3%
2,788 households
One-person household28.5%
1,238 households
Other household types7.2%
311 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.9%
1,470 households
1 person in household28.5%
1,238 households
3 people in household18.4%
800 households
4 people in household13.7%
596 households
5 people in household3.7%
159 households
6 people in household1.2%
54 households
7 people in household0.4%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
1,851 residents
15–2919.4%
1,999 residents
30–4424.9%
2,565 residents
45–6423.4%
2,412 residents
65 and over14.5%
1,491 residents
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.3%
7,762 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.3%
1,374 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.8%
701 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
302 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
173 residents
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.2%
2,696 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.7%
1,482 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
1,346 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
1,206 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
976 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
419 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.1%
5,532 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.2%
2,693 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
1,943 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.4%
1,118 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
1,088 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
965 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
886 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
881 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
435 residents aged 16 and over
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
5,240 residents
Good health33.5%
3,451 residents
Fair health11.6%
1,193 residents
Bad health3.2%
325 residents
Very bad health1%
105 residents
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.7%
8,835 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.3%
1,477 residents
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.4%
2,187 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
1,419 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.3%
579 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
140 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Lee Chapel South & Kingswood · 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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