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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004596

Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South

Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,620 residents in Uttlesford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,620

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,005

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

157.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.5%

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 carMarden, Maidstone7,880 residents · 72.1% owned · 9.5% no carWaddesdon & Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire9,788 residents · 67.8% owned · 8.4% no carBlisworth, Roade & Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire15,036 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.1% no carBrabourne Lees & North Romney, Ashford10,396 residents · 76.5% owned · 6.3% no carIslip, Arncott & Chesterton, Cherwell13,065 residents · 72.4% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within Uttlesford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South

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

Tenure

Owned69.9%
2,801 households
Private rented14%
562 households
Social rented13.7%
549 households
Shared ownership2.3%
93 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.5%
1,742 households
Semi-detached30.2%
1,210 households
Terraced14.3%
575 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.5%
262 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.8%
152 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
12 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.1%
1,567 households
1 car or van in household32.6%
1,306 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.2%
848 households
No cars or vans in household7.2%
288 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.4%
1,619 households
3 bedrooms31.5%
1,262 households
2 bedrooms21.4%
856 households
1 bedroom6.8%
271 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.6%
2,909 households
One-person household21.1%
845 households
Other household types6.3%
254 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
1,314 households
1 person in household21.1%
845 households
3 people in household19.7%
788 households
4 people in household17.6%
707 households
5 people in household6.6%
264 households
6 people in household1.5%
61 households
7 people in household0.5%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521%
2,227 residents
15–2914.7%
1,558 residents
30–4420.9%
2,224 residents
45–6427.6%
2,929 residents
65 and over15.8%
1,683 residents
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.2%
9,790 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
317 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.6%
273 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
138 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
100 residents
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.5%
2,602 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.6%
1,534 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.7%
1,218 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
884 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
442 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
219 residents aged 16 and over
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.6%
5,503 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32%
2,647 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,884 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
1,314 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.1%
1,246 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
1,050 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
769 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.7%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.1%
419 residents aged 16 and over
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.7%
5,804 residents
Good health32.2%
3,421 residents
Fair health9.5%
1,008 residents
Bad health2.9%
305 residents
Very bad health0.8%
82 residents
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
9,259 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
1,361 residents
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.2%
2,253 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.6%
1,228 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
426 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
101 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Takeley, Airport & Mountfitchet South · 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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