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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004792

Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley

Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,457 residents in New Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,457

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,746

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

329.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.1%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley

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

Tenure

Owned79%
2,958 households
Private rented12.7%
475 households
Social rented7.4%
279 households
Shared ownership0.9%
33 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached55.7%
2,089 households
Semi-detached21.8%
817 households
Terraced12.2%
458 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure4.3%
163 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.8%
141 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
33 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
19 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.1%
1,428 households
2 cars or vans in household35.6%
1,335 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.6%
624 households
No cars or vans in household9.7%
365 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.4%
1,814 households
4 or more bedrooms24.8%
928 households
2 bedrooms20%
751 households
1 bedroom6.8%
255 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.5%
2,489 households
One-person household28.2%
1,054 households
Other household types5.4%
201 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.6%
1,594 households
1 person in household28.1%
1,054 households
3 people in household13.8%
515 households
4 people in household10.5%
392 households
5 people in household3.4%
128 households
6 people in household1.3%
50 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.1%
1,196 residents
15–2912.2%
1,031 residents
30–4414.7%
1,240 residents
45–6428.9%
2,445 residents
65 and over30.1%
2,546 residents
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
8,240 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
78 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
70 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
43 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.1%
1,726 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.9%
1,357 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.4%
1,323 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
1,053 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
856 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.7%
624 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.9%
3,787 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46%
3,299 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.5%
966 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
934 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
853 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.8%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.4%
747 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations9%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
484 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.1%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.5%
3,760 residents
Good health36.6%
3,099 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,204 residents
Bad health3.6%
303 residents
Very bad health1.1%
91 residents
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.1%
6,947 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.9%
1,510 residents
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.5%
1,857 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.8%
1,378 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
425 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
84 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley · 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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