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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004572

Great Wakering & Foulness

Great Wakering & Foulness is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,930 residents in Rochford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,930

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,250

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

133.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.2%

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.

Hedingham, Gosfield & Greenstead Green, Braintree7,817 residents · 72.4% owned · 8.8% no carHalstead East & Colnes, Braintree9,494 residents · 75.1% owned · 10.6% no carWitham South, Hatfield Peverel & White Notley, Braintree8,139 residents · 70.2% owned · 11.4% no carKingsbury & Curdworth, North Warwickshire6,973 residents · 81.2% owned · 7.6% no carTrimley & Kirton, East Suffolk9,142 residents · 76.2% owned · 10.0% no carPolesworth, Warton & Austrey, North Warwickshire10,956 residents · 77.5% owned · 10.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Great Wakering & Foulness

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

Tenure

Owned75.7%
2,461 households
Private rented12.1%
392 households
Social rented11.4%
369 households
Shared ownership0.9%
28 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.5%
1,576 households
Detached29.3%
954 households
Terraced13.9%
452 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.9%
223 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.3%
1,211 households
2 cars or vans in household34.7%
1,127 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.6%
540 households
No cars or vans in household11.4%
370 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.6%
1,513 households
4 or more bedrooms22.6%
736 households
2 bedrooms22.6%
733 households
1 bedroom8.2%
268 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.7%
2,268 households
One-person household25.4%
826 households
Other household types4.9%
159 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.6%
1,191 households
1 person in household25.4%
826 households
3 people in household16.5%
536 households
4 people in household14.8%
482 households
5 people in household4.6%
151 households
6 people in household1.6%
51 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,319 residents
15–2916.1%
1,274 residents
30–4417.3%
1,375 residents
45–6428.2%
2,237 residents
65 and over21.8%
1,725 residents
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
7,643 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
80 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
72 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
21 residents
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications20.8%
1,359 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.2%
1,319 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications18.1%
1,181 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,166 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.7%
892 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
421 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.4%
3,875 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.1%
2,552 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
96 residents aged 16 and over
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.4%
1,331 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.3%
995 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.9%
905 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
802 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.2%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
630 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
386 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
293 residents aged 16 and over
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.7%
3,780 residents
Good health34.7%
2,752 residents
Fair health12.8%
1,018 residents
Bad health3.7%
294 residents
Very bad health1.1%
86 residents
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.3%
6,610 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.7%
1,322 residents
Great Wakering & Foulness · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.7%
1,551 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,129 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.8%
482 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
84 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Great Wakering & Foulness · 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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