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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004465

Ingatestone & Mountnessing

Ingatestone & Mountnessing is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,364 residents in Brentwood. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,364

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,779

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

227.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.3%

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.

Elstead & Milford, Waverley6,954 residents · 72.3% owned · 10.6% no carTheydon Bois & Abridge, Epping Forest6,237 residents · 78.5% owned · 10.2% no carGreat Baddow North & East, Chelmsford7,825 residents · 83.2% owned · 13.3% no carTaunton Rowbarton & Kingston, Somerset West and Taunton8,220 residents · 70.9% owned · 11.4% no carAberford, Barwick & Thorner, Leeds6,481 residents · 79.6% owned · 11.3% no carSawbridgeworth, East Hertfordshire8,744 residents · 76.3% owned · 10.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ingatestone & Mountnessing

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

Tenure

Owned72%
2,000 households
Private rented15.2%
422 households
Social rented11.4%
316 households
Shared ownership1.2%
34 households
Lives rent free0.3%
7 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached37.5%
1,043 households
Detached34.3%
953 households
Terraced13.5%
374 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11%
305 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
37 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 shop0.9%
26 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
14 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
1,189 households
2 cars or vans in household30.9%
860 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.5%
376 households
No cars or vans in household12.7%
354 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.2%
977 households
4 or more bedrooms34.5%
959 households
2 bedrooms21.2%
590 households
1 bedroom9.1%
253 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.7%
1,826 households
One-person household30.8%
856 households
Other household types3.5%
97 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.2%
977 households
1 person in household30.9%
858 households
3 people in household14.9%
413 households
4 people in household14.2%
396 households
5 people in household4%
110 households
6 people in household0.7%
20 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.9%
1,010 residents
15–2915.4%
982 residents
30–4416.6%
1,059 residents
45–6427.6%
1,757 residents
65 and over24.5%
1,558 residents
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.2%
5,935 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%
157 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
142 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
92 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
40 residents
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.3%
1,812 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
936 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
821 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.5%
820 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
484 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.6%
3,043 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
2,185 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
59 residents aged 16 and over
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,249 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.3%
1,126 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14%
742 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
703 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.6%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
290 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
235 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
185 residents aged 16 and over
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.7%
3,357 residents
Good health32.1%
2,044 residents
Fair health11.3%
719 residents
Bad health2.9%
184 residents
Very bad health1%
61 residents
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
5,422 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
942 residents
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.2%
1,560 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.5%
846 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
314 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
55 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Ingatestone & Mountnessing · 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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