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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004499

Moulsham East

Moulsham East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,837 residents in Chelmsford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,837

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,697

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,517.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.2%

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.

Falconwood, Bexley9,336 residents · 86.1% owned · 15.6% no carRomford East, Havering9,535 residents · 84.5% owned · 13.7% no carPinewood, Rushmoor7,155 residents · 81.4% owned · 7.5% no carParkwood East, Medway6,254 residents · 82.9% owned · 8.5% no carHoddesdon Ware Road, Broxbourne7,231 residents · 83.7% owned · 9.0% no carCosham South, Portsmouth8,328 residents · 76.1% owned · 17.7% no car

Most similar within Chelmsford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Springfield South & Coronation Park, Chelmsford7,477 residents · 80.3% owned · 10.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Moulsham East

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

Tenure

Owned85.9%
2,317 households
Private rented9.5%
256 households
Social rented4%
108 households
Shared ownership0.6%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced54.4%
1,467 households
Semi-detached35.6%
960 households
Detached5.7%
153 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.5%
95 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
18 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,188 households
2 cars or vans in household32.7%
883 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
319 households
No cars or vans in household11.4%
307 households
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms69%
1,862 households
4 or more bedrooms20.2%
544 households
2 bedrooms9.5%
256 households
1 bedroom1.4%
37 households
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.5%
2,010 households
One-person household21.3%
575 households
Other household types4.2%
114 households
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
966 households
1 person in household21.4%
577 households
3 people in household18.6%
502 households
4 people in household18.3%
494 households
5 people in household4.5%
121 households
6 people in household0.9%
24 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,190 residents
15–2915.9%
1,088 residents
30–4419.5%
1,333 residents
45–6427.2%
1,858 residents
65 and over20%
1,369 residents
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.6%
6,196 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.7%
320 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
148 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
119 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
56 residents
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.2%
1,623 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,011 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.8%
934 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
810 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
664 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
368 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64%
3,556 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.8%
1,880 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,275 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.7%
874 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.2%
787 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
682 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.6%
535 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
313 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
303 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
259 residents aged 16 and over
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.6%
3,457 residents
Good health35.6%
2,436 residents
Fair health11%
754 residents
Bad health2.3%
155 residents
Very bad health0.5%
35 residents
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
5,963 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
874 residents
Moulsham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.5%
1,524 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
899 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.4%
254 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.7%
20 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Moulsham 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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