Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004876

Bovingdon & Chipperfield

Bovingdon & Chipperfield is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,497 residents in Dacorum. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,497

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,472

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

320

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.8%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bovingdon & Chipperfield

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

Tenure

Owned79.1%

2,747 households

Private rented11.3%

393 households

Social rented9.1%

316 households

Shared ownership0.4%

15 households

Lives rent free0%

1 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached42.3%

1,469 households

Semi-detached25.7%

894 households

Terraced16.9%

588 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.9%

377 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2%

68 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%

43 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%

22 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%

11 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.3%

1,330 households

1 car or van in household33.1%

1,149 households

3 or more cars or vans in household21.7%

754 households

No cars or vans in household6.9%

240 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.4%

1,509 households

3 bedrooms30.5%

1,060 households

2 bedrooms18.4%

639 households

1 bedroom7.6%

265 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.1%

2,400 households

One-person household25.7%

894 households

Other household types5.2%

180 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.5%

1,234 households

1 person in household25.7%

894 households

3 people in household16.4%

571 households

4 people in household15.9%

554 households

5 people in household4.9%

172 households

6 people in household1.1%

37 households

7 people in household0.2%

8 households

8 or more people in household0.1%

5 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.9%

1,411 residents

15–2916.4%

1,558 residents

30–4419.1%

1,813 residents

45–6428.5%

2,704 residents

65 and over21.2%

2,009 residents

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.3%

8,388 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.3%

410 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%

326 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.9%

274 residents

Other ethnic group1%

98 residents

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.8%

3,011 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications16.7%

1,334 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications15.6%

1,242 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications13.3%

1,060 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%

726 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship4.9%

390 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.7%

212 residents aged 16 and over

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.2%

4,398 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive43.5%

3,466 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.3%

107 residents aged 16 and over

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%

1,756 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%

1,469 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.6%

1,325 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%

873 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations9.1%

723 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations7.3%

585 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%

516 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.9%

390 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%

337 residents aged 16 and over

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.1%

4,944 residents

Good health33%

3,130 residents

Fair health11.4%

1,081 residents

Bad health2.9%

280 residents

Very bad health0.7%

62 residents

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%

8,050 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%

1,447 residents

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.4%

1,994 households

Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%

1,132 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions9%

312 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1%

33 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%

2 households

Bovingdon & Chipperfield · 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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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02004876

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Bovingdon & Chipperfield

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Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

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Life in Bovingdon & Chipperfield

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.