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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004820

Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger

Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,286 residents in Test Valley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,286

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,945

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.6%

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.

Marsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick, Buckinghamshire10,362 residents · 74.8% owned · 5.5% no carCogenhoe, Hackleton & Denton, West Northamptonshire7,561 residents · 73.8% owned · 7.9% no carThaxted, Great Sampford & Radwinter, Uttlesford8,312 residents · 69.2% owned · 6.5% no carHarbury, Long Itchington & Fenny Compton, Stratford-on-Avon11,153 residents · 75.1% owned · 6.3% no carBassingbourn & the Mordens, South Cambridgeshire7,239 residents · 72.5% owned · 6.5% no carFleckney, Kilworth & Foxton, Harborough10,789 residents · 79.6% owned · 6.9% no car

Most similar within Test Valley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Andover Charlton & Bourne Valley, Test Valley7,041 residents · 75.3% owned · 8.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger

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

Tenure

Owned65.7%
1,934 households
Private rented21.3%
628 households
Social rented11.4%
337 households
Shared ownership1.5%
44 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.5%
1,282 households
Semi-detached37.4%
1,101 households
Terraced12.4%
365 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3%
88 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.1%
62 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
11 households
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.2%
1,243 households
1 car or van in household31.2%
918 households
3 or more cars or vans in household20.5%
605 households
No cars or vans in household6.1%
179 households
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.3%
1,275 households
4 or more bedrooms34.2%
1,007 households
2 bedrooms17%
502 households
1 bedroom5.5%
161 households
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.4%
2,191 households
One-person household21%
620 households
Other household types4.6%
135 households
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43%
1,266 households
1 person in household21.1%
620 households
3 people in household16.5%
487 households
4 people in household14%
413 households
5 people in household4.1%
121 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
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,208 residents
15–2913.3%
971 residents
30–4418.4%
1,340 residents
45–6430.1%
2,193 residents
65 and over21.6%
1,573 residents
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.3%
7,018 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
95 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
66 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
59 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
46 residents
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.6%
2,193 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.8%
1,187 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
866 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.7%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.8%
527 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63%
3,775 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.4%
2,121 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,456 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,092 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.1%
846 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.8%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.7%
521 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
323 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
271 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
259 residents aged 16 and over
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.6%
3,905 residents
Good health32.3%
2,354 residents
Fair health10.3%
750 residents
Bad health3.1%
225 residents
Very bad health0.7%
52 residents
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
6,263 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,023 residents
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.6%
1,727 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
891 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.8%
289 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
38 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Over Wallop & Shipton Bellinger · 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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