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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004595

Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham

Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham is a Census neighbourhood of about 14,839 residents in Uttlesford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

14,839

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,950

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

212.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.5%

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.

Great Leighs & the Walthams, Chelmsford9,861 residents · 69.3% owned · 10.4% no carWing, Wingrave & Bierton, Buckinghamshire10,012 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.2% no carDeanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford, West Northamptonshire9,744 residents · 75.5% owned · 7.8% no carMarston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire11,206 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.0% no carMarks Tey & Wakes Colne, Colchester9,710 residents · 80.4% owned · 7.6% no carHanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington, Milton Keynes11,676 residents · 72.6% owned · 7.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham

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

Tenure

Owned74.5%
4,433 households
Private rented13.1%
777 households
Social rented10.3%
613 households
Shared ownership2.1%
125 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached41.6%
2,476 households
Semi-detached31.8%
1,891 households
Terraced17.9%
1,065 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.7%
396 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
54 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
8 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.2%
2,329 households
1 car or van in household36.9%
2,194 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.8%
1,001 households
No cars or vans in household7.1%
424 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.7%
2,300 households
3 bedrooms33.6%
2,000 households
2 bedrooms21.9%
1,303 households
1 bedroom5.8%
345 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.9%
4,275 households
One-person household23%
1,367 households
Other household types5.2%
307 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.6%
2,177 households
1 person in household23%
1,367 households
3 people in household17.8%
1,058 households
4 people in household17%
1,009 households
5 people in household4.5%
265 households
6 people in household1%
58 households
7 people in household0.2%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
2,780 residents
15–2914.1%
2,089 residents
30–4420.5%
3,047 residents
45–6428%
4,161 residents
65 and over18.6%
2,766 residents
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.3%
13,983 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
365 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
278 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
122 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
88 residents
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.5%
4,347 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.4%
2,187 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
1,809 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.4%
1,479 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
608 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.1%
7,748 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.5%
3,985 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
2,928 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19%
2,264 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.7%
1,630 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
1,517 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
1,018 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
872 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
563 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
530 residents aged 16 and over
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.8%
8,126 residents
Good health32.6%
4,841 residents
Fair health9.5%
1,408 residents
Bad health2.4%
362 residents
Very bad health0.7%
102 residents
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87%
12,901 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13%
1,934 residents
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.6%
3,543 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.8%
1,770 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
543 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
90 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham · 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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