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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004793

Brockenhurst & Sway

Brockenhurst & Sway is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,390 residents in New Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,390

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,100

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

112.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.1%

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.

Winscombe, Langford & Blagdon, North Somerset9,045 residents · 78.6% owned · 8.9% no carAlveston, Olveston & Oldbury, South Gloucestershire6,679 residents · 83.2% owned · 6.9% no carHooton, Willaston & Ness, Cheshire West and Chester5,626 residents · 85.2% owned · 7.1% no carColwall, Cradley & Wellington Heath, Herefordshire, County of5,799 residents · 76.3% owned · 7.7% no carPainswick, Bisley & Eastcombe, Stroud6,674 residents · 80.5% owned · 8.3% no carMinchinhampton & Amberley, Stroud6,675 residents · 78.9% owned · 9.8% no car

Most similar within New Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bransgore & Burley, New Forest6,891 residents · 80.6% owned · 6.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brockenhurst & Sway

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

Tenure

Owned80.9%
2,508 households
Private rented11.4%
353 households
Social rented7.1%
221 households
Shared ownership0.5%
15 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached65.1%
2,017 households
Semi-detached19.3%
598 households
Terraced6.1%
188 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.4%
137 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
67 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
36 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.9%
27 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.3%
1,157 households
1 car or van in household33.5%
1,038 households
3 or more cars or vans in household20.7%
642 households
No cars or vans in household8.5%
262 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.1%
1,335 households
3 bedrooms36.1%
1,119 households
2 bedrooms15.8%
490 households
1 bedroom5%
155 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.9%
2,133 households
One-person household26.5%
821 households
Other household types4.6%
144 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.9%
1,298 households
1 person in household26.5%
822 households
3 people in household14.5%
449 households
4 people in household11.6%
361 households
5 people in household4.2%
129 households
6 people in household1%
30 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.3%
986 residents
15–2910.9%
803 residents
30–4411.8%
870 residents
45–6429.7%
2,194 residents
65 and over34.3%
2,536 residents
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
7,180 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
84 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
81 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
34 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
14 residents
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.1%
2,857 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
969 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
837 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.3%
715 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.4%
467 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.5%
3,138 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.1%
3,110 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
85 residents aged 16 and over
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,490 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%
1,409 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.2%
964 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.6%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
277 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
243 residents aged 16 and over
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.4%
3,650 residents
Good health34.5%
2,547 residents
Fair health11.5%
853 residents
Bad health3.3%
243 residents
Very bad health1.3%
98 residents
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%
6,117 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%
1,274 residents
Brockenhurst & Sway · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.7%
1,820 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.8%
987 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
261 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
30 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Brockenhurst & Sway · 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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