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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004696

Overton & North Waltham

Overton & North Waltham is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,544 residents in Basingstoke and Deane. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,544

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,188

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

92.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.1%

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.

Hanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington, Milton Keynes11,676 residents · 72.6% owned · 7.8% no carLower Quinton & Ettington, Stratford-on-Avon9,820 residents · 70.8% owned · 6.1% no carBillingshurst, Horsham12,394 residents · 69.8% owned · 9.5% no carShrivenham, Watchfield & Uffington, Vale of White Horse13,853 residents · 64.6% owned · 7.3% no carWhittington, Hopwas & Clifton Campville, Lichfield9,163 residents · 73.8% owned · 6.1% no carBox, Colerne & Rudloe, Wiltshire8,364 residents · 71.0% owned · 8.7% no car

Most similar within Basingstoke and Deane

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whitchurch & Ashmansworth, Basingstoke and Deane7,540 residents · 68.3% owned · 10.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Overton & North Waltham

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

Tenure

Owned68.6%
2,186 households
Social rented16.3%
519 households
Private rented11.8%
377 households
Shared ownership3.3%
104 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached36.1%
1,151 households
Semi-detached28.2%
898 households
Terraced23.7%
756 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
325 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
21 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
19 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.7%
1,202 households
1 car or van in household37.3%
1,190 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.9%
474 households
No cars or vans in household10.1%
323 households
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.5%
1,227 households
4 or more bedrooms31.3%
998 households
2 bedrooms24.3%
774 households
1 bedroom5.9%
189 households
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.8%
2,261 households
One-person household25.5%
813 households
Other household types3.7%
119 households
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.1%
1,217 households
1 person in household25.5%
813 households
3 people in household17.1%
546 households
4 people in household14.7%
469 households
5 people in household3.5%
111 households
6 people in household1%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.2%
1,375 residents
15–2914.2%
1,073 residents
30–4418.7%
1,414 residents
45–6427.3%
2,057 residents
65 and over21.5%
1,625 residents
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
7,197 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
127 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
117 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
83 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
21 residents
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.1%
2,448 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
811 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13%
794 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.2%
499 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.5%
3,882 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.2%
2,152 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
75 residents aged 16 and over
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,483 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,363 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
677 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
674 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.9%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.7%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
350 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4%
245 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.3%
4,098 residents
Good health32.9%
2,483 residents
Fair health9.9%
747 residents
Bad health2.5%
187 residents
Very bad health0.4%
30 residents
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.5%
6,525 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.5%
1,019 residents
Overton & North Waltham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.3%
1,891 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
991 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.3%
263 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
39 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Overton & North Waltham · 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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