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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004597

Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,024 residents in Uttlesford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,024

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,855

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

416.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.7%

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.

North Weald, Matching & Sheering, Epping Forest9,281 residents · 70.7% owned · 9.7% no carBillingshurst, Horsham12,394 residents · 69.8% owned · 9.5% no carArlesey & Henlow, Central Bedfordshire12,185 residents · 70.7% owned · 9.4% no carEast Malling, West Malling & Trottiscliffe, Tonbridge and Malling12,405 residents · 71.1% owned · 9.5% no carTowcester East & Paulerspury, West Northamptonshire10,048 residents · 68.3% owned · 11.8% no carShefford & Shillington, Central Bedfordshire11,846 residents · 67.1% owned · 8.2% 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 Great Dunmow

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

Tenure

Owned65.9%
2,539 households
Social rented16%
618 households
Private rented15.8%
611 households
Shared ownership2.1%
81 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached36.7%
1,413 households
Semi-detached26.1%
1,004 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.7%
680 households
Terraced16.6%
639 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
51 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
37 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 structure0.1%
5 households
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.2%
1,432 households
2 cars or vans in household36.6%
1,412 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.9%
574 households
No cars or vans in household11.3%
436 households
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms34.4%
1,326 households
4 or more bedrooms29.2%
1,124 households
2 bedrooms23.1%
891 households
1 bedroom13.3%
513 households
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
2,567 households
One-person household29.6%
1,142 households
Other household types3.7%
144 households
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.7%
1,299 households
1 person in household29.6%
1,142 households
3 people in household16.4%
631 households
4 people in household15.6%
602 households
5 people in household3.5%
134 households
6 people in household1%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
1,658 residents
15–2915.8%
1,425 residents
30–4420.1%
1,809 residents
45–6426.9%
2,429 residents
65 and over18.9%
1,701 residents
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.6%
8,539 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
212 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
74 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
42 residents
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.7%
2,231 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.8%
1,368 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.7%
1,216 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.3%
1,110 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.8%
784 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
387 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.3%
4,675 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.2%
2,486 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,676 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,113 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.2%
1,034 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.5%
979 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
773 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9%
654 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
325 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.1%
4,796 residents
Good health34%
3,066 residents
Fair health9.9%
893 residents
Bad health2.3%
212 residents
Very bad health0.6%
57 residents
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
7,873 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
1,151 residents
Great Dunmow · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.1%
2,163 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.3%
1,207 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.5%
404 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
77 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Great Dunmow · 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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