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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004560

Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula

Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,084 residents in Maldon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,084

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,678

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

87.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.3%

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.

Doddington, Wimblington & Manea, Fenland7,544 residents · 77.9% owned · 8.7% no carHockering, Mattishall & Cranworth, Breckland7,250 residents · 78.3% owned · 7.2% no carLong Stratton, Carlton Rode & Tibenham, South Norfolk11,555 residents · 76.2% owned · 8.2% no carMarshland, Walpole & Walton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk8,056 residents · 80.4% owned · 7.5% no carBuckenhams & Snetterton, Breckland6,472 residents · 75.5% owned · 7.2% no carMorton & Billingborough, South Kesteven7,884 residents · 74.3% owned · 8.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula

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

Tenure

Owned76.5%
2,812 households
Private rented12.4%
455 households
Social rented10.7%
393 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached49.8%
1,831 households
Semi-detached31.4%
1,155 households
Terraced11.6%
425 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.4%
197 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
23 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
18 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
13 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household35.8%
1,315 households
1 car or van in household32.7%
1,201 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.8%
800 households
No cars or vans in household9.8%
361 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.9%
1,506 households
4 or more bedrooms30.5%
1,121 households
2 bedrooms21.3%
782 households
1 bedroom7.3%
269 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.5%
2,521 households
One-person household25%
922 households
Other household types6.5%
238 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.6%
1,382 households
1 person in household25.1%
922 households
3 people in household16.5%
606 households
4 people in household13.6%
501 households
5 people in household4.9%
181 households
6 people in household1.6%
60 households
7 people in household0.5%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,470 residents
15–2915.2%
1,384 residents
30–4416.1%
1,465 residents
45–6429.2%
2,649 residents
65 and over23.3%
2,116 residents
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
8,855 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
50 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
48 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
17 residents
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications21.4%
1,610 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.3%
1,604 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,326 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.1%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.9%
970 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
539 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
4,407 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
3,058 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.8%
59 residents aged 16 and over
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.8%
1,488 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.1%
1,214 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
980 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
929 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.8%
809 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.5%
789 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.6%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
294 residents aged 16 and over
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45%
4,084 residents
Good health35.4%
3,220 residents
Fair health14%
1,276 residents
Bad health4.6%
416 residents
Very bad health1%
88 residents
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.8%
7,341 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.2%
1,743 residents
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,669 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.3%
1,336 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.1%
557 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
113 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Southminster, Bradwell & Dengie Peninsula · 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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