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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004885

Bishop's Stortford South

Bishop's Stortford South is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,581 residents in East Hertfordshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,581

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,246

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,451.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.5%

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 South

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

Tenure

Owned84.2%
2,734 households
Private rented13.3%
431 households
Social rented1.9%
63 households
Shared ownership0.6%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached46.2%
1,500 households
Semi-detached29.7%
965 households
Terraced15.4%
498 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.7%
249 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.4%
1,277 households
1 car or van in household38.1%
1,237 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.3%
497 households
No cars or vans in household7.2%
233 households
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms47.1%
1,528 households
3 bedrooms31.5%
1,023 households
2 bedrooms16.3%
530 households
1 bedroom5%
163 households
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.8%
2,395 households
One-person household21.1%
686 households
Other household types5%
163 households
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.6%
1,025 households
4 people in household21.2%
688 households
1 person in household21.1%
686 households
3 people in household19.1%
618 households
5 people in household5.4%
174 households
6 people in household1.3%
43 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%
1,617 residents
15–2916.1%
1,381 residents
30–4417.7%
1,521 residents
45–6431.8%
2,731 residents
65 and over15.5%
1,332 residents
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89%
7,636 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
441 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
254 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
150 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
99 residents
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.5%
2,774 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.3%
706 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%
653 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.5%
4,550 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.1%
2,198 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
95 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25%
1,713 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.2%
1,381 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.1%
963 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.8%
739 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.9%
677 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.2%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
265 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.7%
256 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.6%
4,861 residents
Good health31.8%
2,729 residents
Fair health9.6%
821 residents
Bad health1.7%
145 residents
Very bad health0.3%
25 residents
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.9%
7,627 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.1%
954 residents
Bishop's Stortford South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.9%
2,008 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.3%
951 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8%
260 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
26 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Bishop's Stortford South · 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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