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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004502

Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden

Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,231 residents in Chelmsford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,231

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,920

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

132.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.9%

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 Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden

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

Tenure

Owned81.3%
2,375 households
Private rented10.4%
304 households
Social rented7.8%
227 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50%
1,461 households
Semi-detached27.3%
796 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure8.1%
236 households
Terraced7.9%
231 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.1%
121 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%
28 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household35.1%
1,025 households
1 car or van in household34.2%
998 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22.5%
658 households
No cars or vans in household8.2%
239 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms41.5%
1,211 households
3 bedrooms29.8%
869 households
2 bedrooms18.2%
531 households
1 bedroom10.6%
308 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.7%
1,945 households
One-person household28.1%
821 households
Other household types5.2%
152 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.8%
1,074 households
1 person in household28.1%
822 households
3 people in household15.6%
455 households
4 people in household13.9%
406 households
5 people in household4.1%
120 households
6 people in household1.2%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.3%
960 residents
15–2912.6%
914 residents
30–4415.6%
1,131 residents
45–6431.7%
2,296 residents
65 and over26.7%
1,933 residents
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.1%
6,948 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
104 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
104 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
48 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
26 residents
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.9%
1,784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
1,075 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.3%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.8%
1,038 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
675 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
346 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
193 residents aged 16 and over
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.4%
3,176 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.6%
2,943 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
63 residents aged 16 and over
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
1,564 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.3%
1,070 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.4%
1,011 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
799 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8%
494 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
240 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.6%
221 residents aged 16 and over
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.6%
3,730 residents
Good health34%
2,459 residents
Fair health10.6%
766 residents
Bad health3.1%
223 residents
Very bad health0.7%
53 residents
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
6,267 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
964 residents
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.1%
1,550 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%
990 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.4%
332 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
46 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden · 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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