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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004694

Whitchurch & Ashmansworth

Whitchurch & Ashmansworth is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,540 residents in Basingstoke and Deane. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,540

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,189

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.3%

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.

Malmesbury, Crudwell & Oaksey, Wiltshire7,879 residents · 64.4% owned · 11.3% no carWoodstock, Stonesfield & Tackley, West Oxfordshire8,933 residents · 67.7% owned · 10.0% no carWellesbourne & Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon10,656 residents · 72.0% owned · 8.7% no carEast Malling, West Malling & Trottiscliffe, Tonbridge and Malling12,405 residents · 71.1% owned · 9.5% no carHartley Wintney & Heckfield, Hart7,164 residents · 69.8% owned · 7.5% no carBillingshurst, Horsham12,394 residents · 69.8% owned · 9.5% no car

Most similar within Basingstoke and Deane

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Overton & North Waltham, Basingstoke and Deane7,544 residents · 68.6% owned · 10.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whitchurch & Ashmansworth

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

Tenure

Owned68.3%
2,179 households
Social rented15.7%
502 households
Private rented14.2%
454 households
Shared ownership1.7%
54 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached34.7%
1,106 households
Semi-detached30.5%
972 households
Terraced22.4%
715 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.7%
279 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
45 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.8%
27 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
20 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.3%
1,190 households
2 cars or vans in household36.6%
1,166 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.3%
487 households
No cars or vans in household10.8%
345 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.4%
1,193 households
4 or more bedrooms29.3%
933 households
2 bedrooms25.1%
799 households
1 bedroom8.3%
264 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.6%
2,157 households
One-person household28%
894 households
Other household types4.4%
139 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.7%
1,171 households
1 person in household28%
894 households
3 people in household15.2%
484 households
4 people in household14.8%
472 households
5 people in household4.2%
133 households
6 people in household0.8%
27 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518%
1,355 residents
15–2913.6%
1,022 residents
30–4418.7%
1,409 residents
45–6428.4%
2,144 residents
65 and over21.4%
1,611 residents
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
7,318 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
104 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
79 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
21 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.3%
2,522 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
1,065 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
827 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.7%
776 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
516 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.6%
95 residents aged 16 and over
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.8%
3,838 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.7%
2,181 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
90 residents aged 16 and over
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,432 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,290 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.8%
719 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
704 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.1%
553 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.8%
539 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
335 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
283 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.5%
3,956 residents
Good health33.3%
2,513 residents
Fair health11%
828 residents
Bad health2.5%
190 residents
Very bad health0.7%
52 residents
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.4%
6,438 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.6%
1,099 residents
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.5%
1,865 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
988 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
291 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
43 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Whitchurch & Ashmansworth · 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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