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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004497

Great Baddow North & East

Great Baddow North & East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,825 residents in Chelmsford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,825

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,368

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

531.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.1%

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.

Taunton Galmington & Trull, Somerset West and Taunton7,973 residents · 80.9% owned · 11.6% no carBillericay Tye Common, Basildon8,064 residents · 83.6% owned · 13.7% no carSawbridgeworth, East Hertfordshire8,744 residents · 76.3% owned · 10.4% no carKeynsham East, Bath and North East Somerset5,771 residents · 83.7% owned · 12.3% no carCodsall, South Staffordshire7,142 residents · 85.7% owned · 7.9% no carRolleston-on-Dove & Tutbury, East Staffordshire10,440 residents · 79.7% owned · 11.2% no car

Most similar within Chelmsford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Writtle & Highwood, Chelmsford8,309 residents · 75.6% owned · 12.6% no carGalleywood, Chelmsford7,049 residents · 75.0% owned · 15.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Great Baddow North & East

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

Tenure

Owned83.2%
2,802 households
Private rented10.2%
342 households
Social rented6.1%
206 households
Shared ownership0.5%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.1%
1,350 households
Semi-detached35.7%
1,202 households
Terraced11.9%
399 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.3%
347 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
9 households
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.5%
1,364 households
2 cars or vans in household32%
1,076 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.1%
476 households
No cars or vans in household13.3%
449 households
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.5%
1,228 households
4 or more bedrooms36.3%
1,222 households
2 bedrooms17.7%
597 households
1 bedroom9.5%
319 households
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67%
2,253 households
One-person household29.4%
989 households
Other household types3.7%
123 households
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.4%
1,226 households
1 person in household29.4%
989 households
3 people in household14.6%
490 households
4 people in household14.6%
490 households
5 people in household3.8%
129 households
6 people in household1%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515%
1,170 residents
15–2913.9%
1,088 residents
30–4417.1%
1,338 residents
45–6426.7%
2,091 residents
65 and over27.3%
2,134 residents
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.5%
7,237 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.9%
304 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
141 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
102 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
43 residents
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.1%
2,171 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,128 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.5%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
397 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%
3,705 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.8%
2,743 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.5%
1,610 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.7%
1,165 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%
902 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.8%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
617 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.9%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
414 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
330 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
303 residents aged 16 and over
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50%
3,910 residents
Good health34.1%
2,671 residents
Fair health11.7%
916 residents
Bad health3.3%
261 residents
Very bad health0.9%
69 residents
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.7%
6,631 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.3%
1,194 residents
Great Baddow North & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.4%
1,833 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
1,135 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
357 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
40 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Great Baddow North & East · 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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