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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004505

Rettendon & Runwell

Rettendon & Runwell is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,508 residents in Chelmsford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,508

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,682

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

280.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.5%

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.

Yalding & Farleigh, Maidstone6,970 residents · 78.2% owned · 9.5% no carHeathfield & Liverton, Teignbridge6,721 residents · 75.1% owned · 8.9% no carCaddington & Slip End, Central Bedfordshire6,993 residents · 79.2% owned · 10.3% no carWest Kingsdown, Sevenoaks6,024 residents · 83.6% owned · 8.1% no carMinster & St-Nicholas-at-Wade, Thanet8,055 residents · 73.9% owned · 11.3% no carBiddenden, Smarden & High Halden, Ashford6,208 residents · 77.9% owned · 6.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rettendon & Runwell

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

Tenure

Owned83.5%
2,239 households
Private rented9.1%
243 households
Social rented5.9%
157 households
Shared ownership1.6%
43 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42%
1,127 households
Semi-detached37.1%
996 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure9.6%
257 households
Terraced5.8%
155 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
125 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
4 households
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.8%
1,015 households
2 cars or vans in household35.8%
962 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17%
457 households
No cars or vans in household9.4%
253 households
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms33.4%
897 households
4 or more bedrooms31.5%
845 households
2 bedrooms30%
806 households
1 bedroom5.1%
138 households
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.9%
1,905 households
One-person household24%
645 households
Other household types5%
135 households
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%
1,106 households
1 person in household24%
645 households
3 people in household15.4%
413 households
4 people in household14%
376 households
5 people in household4%
107 households
6 people in household0.8%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
11 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.4%
1,002 residents
15–2913.3%
864 residents
30–4417.5%
1,137 residents
45–6426.8%
1,741 residents
65 and over27.1%
1,760 residents
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.5%
6,148 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
125 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
108 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
90 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
38 residents
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.7%
1,239 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.5%
1,227 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
931 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
872 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
655 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
367 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
161 residents aged 16 and over
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.1%
3,055 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
2,315 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.1%
822 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.3%
779 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.4%
733 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
596 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
527 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
3,082 residents
Good health34.3%
2,229 residents
Fair health13.8%
896 residents
Bad health3.6%
236 residents
Very bad health1%
64 residents
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.7%
5,381 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.3%
1,128 residents
Rettendon & Runwell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.7%
1,280 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36%
967 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
382 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Rettendon & Runwell · 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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