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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004822

Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge

Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,025 residents in Test Valley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,025

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,389

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.0%

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.

Kintbury & Boxford, West Berkshire6,479 residents · 67.5% owned · 7.2% no carBedwyn, Burbage & Collingbourne, Wiltshire7,317 residents · 68.8% owned · 6.2% no carRamsbury, Ogbournes & Avebury, Wiltshire8,569 residents · 67.4% owned · 7.3% no carAshwell, Weston & Barley, North Hertfordshire7,684 residents · 71.1% owned · 5.9% no carDoveridge, Brailsford & Bradley, Derbyshire Dales8,264 residents · 77.5% owned · 5.9% no carMilland & South Harting, Chichester5,752 residents · 72.1% owned · 7.2% no car

Most similar within Test Valley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Chilbolton, Clatford & Barton Stacey, Test Valley5,226 residents · 73.8% owned · 5.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge

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

Tenure

Owned68.5%
2,322 households
Private rented16.8%
571 households
Social rented13.7%
464 households
Shared ownership0.9%
32 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.6%
1,716 households
Semi-detached31.9%
1,080 households
Terraced10.5%
357 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.2%
143 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
40 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
29 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.7%
1,381 households
1 car or van in household29.8%
1,010 households
3 or more cars or vans in household23.3%
788 households
No cars or vans in household6.2%
210 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.4%
1,369 households
3 bedrooms35.3%
1,197 households
2 bedrooms16.8%
568 households
1 bedroom7.5%
254 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72%
2,440 households
One-person household23.1%
783 households
Other household types4.8%
164 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43.9%
1,487 households
1 person in household23.1%
783 households
3 people in household14.8%
500 households
4 people in household12.3%
418 households
5 people in household4.5%
154 households
6 people in household1.2%
39 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.8%
1,187 residents
15–2911.9%
957 residents
30–4415.1%
1,209 residents
45–6432.3%
2,593 residents
65 and over25.9%
2,083 residents
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
7,793 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
125 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
63 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
26 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44%
2,976 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.3%
1,103 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
861 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.5%
846 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.1%
544 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.1%
277 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
3,969 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.2%
2,714 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.7%
1,600 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.6%
1,459 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.7%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.9%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
321 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.2%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
269 residents aged 16 and over
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.1%
4,261 residents
Good health33.6%
2,699 residents
Fair health10%
801 residents
Bad health2.6%
208 residents
Very bad health0.7%
55 residents
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
6,868 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
1,157 residents
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.5%
1,984 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.3%
1,061 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
289 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
51 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Nether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge · 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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