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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004487

Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey

Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,626 residents in Chelmsford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,626

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,049

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

198.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.2%

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.

Paddock Wood & Five Oak Green, Tunbridge Wells10,512 residents · 70.8% owned · 12.0% no carWroughton, Wichelstowe & Chiseldon, Swindon12,793 residents · 75.2% owned · 11.6% no carYaxley & Farcet, Huntingdonshire11,199 residents · 72.6% owned · 11.9% no carGodstone, Tandridge6,213 residents · 70.6% owned · 8.9% no carOxted South, Tandridge6,630 residents · 68.6% owned · 10.1% no carWye, Chilham & Kennington, Ashford8,427 residents · 67.2% owned · 11.8% no car

Most similar within Chelmsford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Galleywood, Chelmsford7,049 residents · 75.0% owned · 15.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey

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

Tenure

Owned65.3%
1,992 households
Social rented22.6%
690 households
Private rented11%
334 households
Shared ownership1%
31 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached34.1%
1,039 households
Detached28.9%
881 households
Terraced24.6%
749 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.2%
341 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.8%
1,212 households
2 cars or vans in household30.3%
925 households
No cars or vans in household16.3%
497 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.6%
415 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.3%
1,410 households
4 or more bedrooms25.8%
786 households
2 bedrooms19.5%
593 households
1 bedroom8.5%
258 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.5%
2,085 households
One-person household26.1%
796 households
Other household types5.4%
163 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33%
1,006 households
1 person in household26.1%
796 households
3 people in household17.2%
524 households
4 people in household15.9%
485 households
5 people in household5.5%
169 households
6 people in household1.5%
46 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
1,537 residents
15–2915.4%
1,174 residents
30–4419.1%
1,456 residents
45–6425.9%
1,976 residents
65 and over19.5%
1,485 residents
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.5%
6,749 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.5%
342 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.1%
238 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
195 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
101 residents
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.2%
1,872 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.8%
1,129 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
986 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
858 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
691 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
304 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.2%
3,549 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
2,340 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14%
836 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.9%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
339 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.1%
3,746 residents
Good health34.4%
2,624 residents
Fair health12.3%
940 residents
Bad health3.1%
238 residents
Very bad health1%
77 residents
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.7%
6,383 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.3%
1,243 residents
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.4%
1,477 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,046 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.7%
419 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
98 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
11 households
Melbourne Park, Chignall & Pleshey · 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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