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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004788

Ringwood North & Ibsley

Ringwood North & Ibsley is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,223 residents in New Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,223

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,898

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

118.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.4%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ringwood North & Ibsley

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

Tenure

Owned82.9%
2,401 households
Private rented12%
347 households
Social rented4.6%
134 households
Shared ownership0.5%
15 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached61.5%
1,781 households
Semi-detached22.9%
663 households
Terraced8.2%
239 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.1%
89 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.1%
89 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.4%
1,140 households
1 car or van in household32%
927 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22.1%
639 households
No cars or vans in household6.6%
191 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.1%
1,336 households
4 or more bedrooms34.9%
1,011 households
2 bedrooms15.3%
442 households
1 bedroom3.7%
108 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.7%
2,108 households
One-person household21.8%
632 households
Other household types5.5%
158 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.4%
1,199 households
1 person in household21.8%
632 households
4 people in household15.7%
454 households
3 people in household15.1%
438 households
5 people in household4.7%
137 households
6 people in household1%
28 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.1%
1,093 residents
15–2913.7%
989 residents
30–4413.8%
996 residents
45–6430.6%
2,209 residents
65 and over26.8%
1,939 residents
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
7,047 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
72 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
60 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
28 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.4%
2,201 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.3%
988 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
934 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14%
846 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
564 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
366 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.4%
3,352 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.7%
2,583 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
111 residents aged 16 and over
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.2%
1,404 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%
1,122 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.5%
876 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
750 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.1%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
324 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
293 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
276 residents aged 16 and over
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
3,719 residents
Good health32.6%
2,354 residents
Fair health11.5%
834 residents
Bad health3.4%
246 residents
Very bad health1%
69 residents
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
5,992 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,232 residents
Ringwood North & Ibsley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.3%
1,572 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
980 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
293 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
50 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Ringwood North & Ibsley · 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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