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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004880

Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing

Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,830 residents in East Hertfordshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,830

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,198

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

175.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.8%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing

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

Tenure

Owned76.2%
3,199 households
Private rented11.1%
467 households
Social rented9.3%
392 households
Shared ownership3.3%
140 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.4%
2,116 households
Semi-detached25%
1,051 households
Terraced14.4%
606 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.2%
385 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
23 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40%
1,678 households
1 car or van in household36.3%
1,522 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.3%
726 households
No cars or vans in household6.5%
271 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms45.4%
1,905 households
3 bedrooms29.7%
1,248 households
2 bedrooms18.8%
790 households
1 bedroom6.1%
254 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.2%
3,114 households
One-person household21.6%
906 households
Other household types4.2%
177 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.5%
1,448 households
1 person in household21.6%
907 households
3 people in household18.9%
794 households
4 people in household18.5%
775 households
5 people in household5.2%
219 households
6 people in household1.2%
50 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
2,121 residents
15–2915.5%
1,678 residents
30–4418.8%
2,036 residents
45–6430%
3,253 residents
65 and over16.1%
1,745 residents
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.5%
9,908 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.9%
319 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.9%
310 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
220 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
68 residents
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.8%
3,666 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,508 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
1,243 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.1%
949 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.2%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.7%
315 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.6%
5,618 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.8%
2,811 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.7%
2,112 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%
1,896 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.7%
486 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
462 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.5%
6,335 residents
Good health31.2%
3,380 residents
Fair health7.8%
846 residents
Bad health2%
214 residents
Very bad health0.5%
55 residents
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.5%
9,585 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.5%
1,244 residents
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.6%
2,627 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.9%
1,173 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
339 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
2 households
Bishop's Stortford West & Braughing · 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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