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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004779

Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen

Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,923 residents in New Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,923

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,865

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.3%

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.

Castle Cary & Kenton Mandeville, South Somerset9,088 residents · 73.3% owned · 8.5% no carTenbury Wells, Mamble & Clifton, Malvern Hills8,420 residents · 71.5% owned · 9.2% no carFramlingham & Hacheston, East Suffolk10,053 residents · 71.2% owned · 8.3% no carUpton-upon-Severn, Welland & Eldersfield, Malvern Hills7,250 residents · 71.3% owned · 8.4% no carBere Regis & Lytchett Matravers, Dorset5,834 residents · 70.0% owned · 8.6% no carPoppleford, Otterton & Woodbury, East Devon6,259 residents · 73.4% owned · 7.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen

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

Tenure

Owned72.4%
3,522 households
Private rented16.8%
817 households
Social rented10.4%
505 households
Shared ownership0.3%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached52%
2,529 households
Semi-detached25.6%
1,243 households
Terraced9.3%
453 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.8%
378 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.8%
88 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
66 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
54 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
51 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household35.5%
1,728 households
1 car or van in household35.1%
1,707 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.1%
928 households
No cars or vans in household10.3%
500 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.1%
1,903 households
4 or more bedrooms29.3%
1,425 households
2 bedrooms23.6%
1,148 households
1 bedroom8%
387 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.4%
3,229 households
One-person household29.1%
1,413 households
Other household types4.5%
221 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.2%
2,054 households
1 person in household29.1%
1,413 households
3 people in household12.6%
614 households
4 people in household11.7%
570 households
5 people in household3.3%
162 households
6 people in household0.9%
42 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.3%
1,452 residents
15–2912.4%
1,352 residents
30–4413.9%
1,517 residents
45–6430%
3,282 residents
65 and over30.4%
3,319 residents
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
10,713 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
98 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
65 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
23 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
23 residents
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.3%
3,314 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
1,622 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.4%
1,442 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,343 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
849 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
568 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
5,146 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.9%
4,118 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
2,123 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.3%
1,533 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.2%
1,516 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
1,081 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
961 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.5%
802 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
502 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
489 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.5%
5,300 residents
Good health33.8%
3,698 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,426 residents
Bad health3.6%
394 residents
Very bad health1%
108 residents
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
9,047 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,877 residents
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.4%
2,644 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.1%
1,611 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.5%
513 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
91 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Fordingbridge, Rockbourne & Woodgreen · 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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