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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004548

Church Langley

Church Langley is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,941 residents in Harlow. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,941

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,480

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,546.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.9%

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.

Burgess Hill West, Mid Sussex7,061 residents · 76.0% owned · 8.7% no carSettington, Medway6,097 residents · 76.2% owned · 9.2% no carQuedgeley North, Gloucester7,314 residents · 70.8% owned · 8.3% no carBicester North, Cherwell6,726 residents · 66.8% owned · 8.9% no carEast Hunsbury, West Northamptonshire9,051 residents · 74.7% owned · 6.6% no carGodinton, Repton & Orchard Heights, Ashford8,844 residents · 66.8% owned · 11.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Church Langley

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

Tenure

Owned76.9%
2,675 households
Private rented17.6%
613 households
Social rented5%
174 households
Shared ownership0.5%
16 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced34.1%
1,186 households
Detached29.4%
1,022 households
Semi-detached28%
975 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8%
280 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
5 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
4 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
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.4%
1,371 households
1 car or van in household39.1%
1,359 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.2%
495 households
No cars or vans in household7.3%
255 households
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.6%
1,310 households
2 bedrooms33.9%
1,181 households
4 or more bedrooms22.8%
794 households
1 bedroom5.6%
195 households
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73%
2,539 households
One-person household22.1%
768 households
Other household types4.9%
172 households
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.4%
1,093 households
1 person in household22.1%
768 households
3 people in household22.1%
768 households
4 people in household18.7%
649 households
5 people in household4.3%
148 households
6 people in household1.1%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
1,802 residents
15–2917.3%
1,544 residents
30–4422.5%
2,015 residents
45–6428%
2,501 residents
65 and over12.1%
1,081 residents
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86%
7,693 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.6%
407 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.5%
401 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
293 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
149 residents
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.9%
1,893 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.2%
1,418 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications18.4%
1,294 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.7%
1,036 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
898 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.7%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)71%
4,997 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.7%
1,878 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
1,636 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.6%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.3%
866 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
819 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.7%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53%
4,742 residents
Good health34.4%
3,081 residents
Fair health9.6%
862 residents
Bad health2.4%
212 residents
Very bad health0.5%
47 residents
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.8%
7,941 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.2%
1,000 residents
Church Langley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57%
1,983 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.5%
1,129 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.2%
321 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
46 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Church Langley · 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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