Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004623

Fairford & Lechlade

Fairford & Lechlade is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,264 residents in Cotswold. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,264

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,076

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

141.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.5%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fairford & Lechlade

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

Tenure

Owned70.5%

2,875 households

Social rented15%

612 households

Private rented11.9%

486 households

Shared ownership2.5%

102 households

Lives rent free0%

1 households

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached41.6%

1,698 households

Semi-detached28.9%

1,179 households

Terraced18.3%

745 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.3%

215 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure4%

164 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%

33 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%

24 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%

23 households

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38%

1,549 households

2 cars or vans in household37.5%

1,530 households

3 or more cars or vans in household16.4%

667 households

No cars or vans in household8.2%

333 households

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms34.7%

1,415 households

3 bedrooms34%

1,386 households

2 bedrooms25%

1,018 households

1 bedroom6.4%

259 households

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.3%

2,829 households

One-person household27.7%

1,130 households

Other household types3%

121 households

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%

1,679 households

1 person in household27.7%

1,130 households

3 people in household14.4%

589 households

4 people in household12.1%

495 households

5 people in household3.6%

145 households

6 people in household0.7%

30 households

7 people in household0.2%

8 households

8 or more people in household0%

1 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%

1,494 residents

15–2912.4%

1,150 residents

30–4415.6%

1,445 residents

45–6428.8%

2,673 residents

65 and over27%

2,504 residents

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%

8,941 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%

141 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%

123 residents

Other ethnic group0.3%

30 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%

28 residents

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.5%

3,030 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications15.8%

1,212 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications14.1%

1,079 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications13.3%

1,020 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%

705 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship5.5%

423 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.5%

194 residents aged 16 and over

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.5%

4,409 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive41%

3,144 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.4%

111 residents aged 16 and over

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%

1,702 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.5%

1,420 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.2%

1,163 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations11.8%

907 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%

703 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations8.9%

682 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%

409 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%

361 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.1%

314 residents aged 16 and over

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%

4,639 residents

Good health34.9%

3,229 residents

Fair health11.4%

1,060 residents

Bad health2.8%

256 residents

Very bad health0.9%

79 residents

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%

7,897 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%

1,368 residents

Fairford & Lechlade · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.7%

2,313 households

Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%

1,353 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions8.9%

363 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%

50 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0%

0 households

Fairford & Lechlade · 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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Fairford & Lechlade

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

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Life in Fairford & Lechlade

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.