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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004796

Hordle & Bashley

Hordle & Bashley is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,630 residents in New Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,630

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,312

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

517

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.7%

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.

St Leonards, Dorset7,902 residents · 88.1% owned · 7.5% no carBerrow & Brent Knoll, Sedgemoor11,059 residents · 82.4% owned · 8.4% no carBurton & Airport, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole6,223 residents · 76.8% owned · 9.3% no carStanton & Barningham, West Suffolk6,839 residents · 75.7% owned · 9.3% no carBeltinge & Bishopstone, Canterbury7,484 residents · 83.6% owned · 13.3% no carBroadway, Wickhamford & Sedgeberrow, Wychavon6,314 residents · 73.5% owned · 10.9% no car

Most similar within New Forest

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Holbury North, Blackfield & Fawley, New Forest8,457 residents · 79.0% owned · 9.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hordle & Bashley

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

Tenure

Owned86.5%
3,730 households
Private rented9.3%
401 households
Social rented3.7%
161 households
Shared ownership0.4%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached62.9%
2,713 households
Semi-detached19.1%
823 households
Terraced8%
344 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure6.5%
281 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.3%
98 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.3%
1,608 households
2 cars or vans in household36.9%
1,589 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18%
776 households
No cars or vans in household7.9%
339 households
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.5%
1,788 households
2 bedrooms27.9%
1,203 households
4 or more bedrooms26.3%
1,133 households
1 bedroom4.4%
188 households
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.9%
2,970 households
One-person household26.1%
1,126 households
Other household types4.9%
213 households
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household45.4%
1,958 households
1 person in household26.2%
1,128 households
3 people in household13.6%
586 households
4 people in household10.9%
472 households
5 people in household2.8%
120 households
6 people in household0.9%
39 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.6%
1,113 residents
15–2911.3%
1,090 residents
30–4411.9%
1,150 residents
45–6428.3%
2,727 residents
65 and over36.9%
3,553 residents
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.8%
9,419 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
90 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
78 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
28 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
13 residents
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.7%
2,506 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
1,425 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,412 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
1,240 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.8%
914 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.9%
668 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.4%
4,245 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.2%
4,061 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%
1,856 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.2%
1,362 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
1,139 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.2%
1,028 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
706 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
463 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.1%
4,249 residents
Good health37.5%
3,613 residents
Fair health14%
1,347 residents
Bad health3.3%
322 residents
Very bad health1%
97 residents
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.5%
7,948 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.5%
1,682 residents
Hordle & Bashley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51%
2,200 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37%
1,596 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
458 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
55 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
2 households
Hordle & Bashley · 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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