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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004651

Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke

Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,162 residents in Stroud. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,162

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,514

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

205

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.6%

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.

Marston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire11,206 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.0% no carShefford & Shillington, Central Bedfordshire11,846 residents · 67.1% owned · 8.2% no carStansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no carLittle Paxton, Love's Farm & Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire10,935 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.3% no carTowcester East & Paulerspury, West Northamptonshire10,048 residents · 68.3% owned · 11.8% no carBlisworth, Roade & Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire15,036 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke

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

Tenure

Owned72.7%
3,280 households
Private rented15.5%
700 households
Social rented9.2%
417 households
Shared ownership2.5%
114 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.2%
1,903 households
Semi-detached26.2%
1,183 households
Terraced22.9%
1,033 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7%
317 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
36 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
10 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.4%
1,823 households
1 car or van in household36.8%
1,663 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.2%
684 households
No cars or vans in household7.6%
344 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms36%
1,624 households
3 bedrooms35.9%
1,621 households
2 bedrooms20.8%
937 households
1 bedroom7.4%
332 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.6%
3,190 households
One-person household24.3%
1,098 households
Other household types5.1%
231 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
1,640 households
1 person in household24.3%
1,098 households
3 people in household17.1%
771 households
4 people in household15.6%
706 households
5 people in household4.7%
212 households
6 people in household1.3%
59 households
7 people in household0.3%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.6%
2,301 residents
15–2917.2%
1,923 residents
30–4422.8%
2,543 residents
45–6424.4%
2,720 residents
65 and over15%
1,674 residents
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.1%
10,389 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
321 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
250 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
146 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
54 residents
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.6%
3,118 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.2%
1,764 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.1%
970 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
840 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
481 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.6%
6,082 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive28.7%
2,513 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.1%
2,112 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,404 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.3%
1,248 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
981 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
811 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.8%
330 residents aged 16 and over
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.3%
5,952 residents
Good health33.6%
3,747 residents
Fair health10.3%
1,148 residents
Bad health2.3%
254 residents
Very bad health0.5%
61 residents
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
9,666 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,496 residents
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60%
2,710 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.5%
1,334 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
395 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
74 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Upton St Leonards & Hardwicke · 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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