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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004697

Bentley & Holybourne

Bentley & Holybourne is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,836 residents in East Hampshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,836

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,669

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.6%

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.

Newport, Littlebury & Clavering, Uttlesford8,966 residents · 73.5% owned · 6.6% no carHorsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne, Mid Sussex6,889 residents · 76.4% owned · 6.6% no carSwanmore, Hambledon & West Meon, Winchester8,962 residents · 76.8% owned · 5.5% no carGranborough, Stewkley & Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire7,468 residents · 74.6% owned · 5.8% no carFrant & Groombridge, Wealden6,405 residents · 80.1% owned · 5.3% no carTowcester West & Blakesley, West Northamptonshire8,685 residents · 76.6% owned · 7.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bentley & Holybourne

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

Tenure

Owned74.8%
1,997 households
Private rented16.2%
433 households
Social rented7.6%
204 households
Shared ownership1.3%
35 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached51.9%
1,384 households
Semi-detached28.2%
752 households
Terraced13.2%
352 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.4%
118 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
21 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.2%
1,127 households
1 car or van in household31%
828 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.5%
574 households
No cars or vans in household5.2%
140 households
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms42.1%
1,123 households
3 bedrooms33%
880 households
2 bedrooms19.4%
519 households
1 bedroom5.5%
147 households
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.9%
1,974 households
One-person household21.6%
578 households
Other household types4.4%
118 households
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.9%
1,092 households
1 person in household21.6%
576 households
4 people in household16%
428 households
3 people in household15.3%
409 households
5 people in household4.9%
131 households
6 people in household0.9%
25 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,170 residents
15–2913.8%
946 residents
30–4415.4%
1,053 residents
45–6430.5%
2,088 residents
65 and over23.1%
1,578 residents
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
6,591 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
106 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
72 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
43 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
22 residents
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.6%
2,594 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
905 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
772 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.2%
569 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
399 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.7%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
3,264 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40%
2,229 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.9%
1,445 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,261 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.4%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.1%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.5%
305 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.6%
199 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.5%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.9%
3,753 residents
Good health31.9%
2,181 residents
Fair health10.4%
711 residents
Bad health2.3%
157 residents
Very bad health0.5%
34 residents
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%
5,796 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%
1,037 residents
Bentley & Holybourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64%
1,708 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.1%
750 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.5%
173 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
38 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Bentley & Holybourne · 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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