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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004840

Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase

Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,203 residents in Winchester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,203

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,485

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

438.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.6%

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.

Horndean South & Rowlands Castle, East Hampshire7,396 residents · 80.9% owned · 7.9% no carWinslow & Padbury, Buckinghamshire6,640 residents · 70.0% owned · 9.9% no carBurwell, East Cambridgeshire6,407 residents · 76.2% owned · 10.4% no carTrowse, Poringland & Stoke Holy Cross, South Norfolk12,708 residents · 76.0% owned · 8.8% no carLiss & Hawkley, East Hampshire7,617 residents · 75.1% owned · 8.1% no carDisley & Lyme Park, Cheshire East6,145 residents · 83.4% owned · 9.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase

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

Tenure

Owned74.7%
3,349 households
Private rented12.5%
561 households
Social rented11.6%
521 households
Shared ownership1.1%
49 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached38.3%
1,720 households
Semi-detached27.6%
1,236 households
Terraced20.8%
935 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
459 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
48 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
31 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
15 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.7%
1,734 households
1 car or van in household36.5%
1,637 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15%
672 households
No cars or vans in household9.9%
442 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37%
1,662 households
4 or more bedrooms32.5%
1,457 households
2 bedrooms21.5%
964 households
1 bedroom9%
404 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.3%
2,972 households
One-person household29.7%
1,334 households
Other household types4%
179 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.1%
1,707 households
1 person in household29.7%
1,334 households
3 people in household14.2%
636 households
4 people in household13.3%
597 households
5 people in household3.7%
164 households
6 people in household0.8%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516%
1,637 residents
15–2913.3%
1,360 residents
30–4417.7%
1,801 residents
45–6427.6%
2,811 residents
65 and over25.4%
2,594 residents
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
10,012 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
78 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%
78 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
19 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
16 residents
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.6%
3,438 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.7%
1,417 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.4%
1,130 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
1,122 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
718 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
431 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
4,981 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
3,365 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
2,104 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
1,579 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
1,119 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
418 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
386 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
376 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.8%
5,076 residents
Good health35.2%
3,587 residents
Fair health11.2%
1,147 residents
Bad health3%
308 residents
Very bad health0.8%
85 residents
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
8,583 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,620 residents
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.6%
2,537 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,420 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10%
450 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
75 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Bishop's Waltham & Waltham Chase · 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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