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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004895

Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets

Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,387 residents in East Hertfordshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,387

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,689

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

266.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

69.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.6%

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.

East Malling, West Malling & Trottiscliffe, Tonbridge and Malling12,405 residents · 71.1% owned · 9.5% no carNorth Weald, Matching & Sheering, Epping Forest9,281 residents · 70.7% owned · 9.7% no carMortimer & Aldermaston Wharf, West Berkshire6,040 residents · 70.9% owned · 8.4% no carNutfield & Bletchingley, Tandridge6,115 residents · 71.4% owned · 8.7% no carKnebworth, Codicote & Kimpton, North Hertfordshire10,386 residents · 71.3% owned · 10.4% no carLiphook, East Hampshire9,771 residents · 74.1% owned · 9.6% no car

Most similar within East Hertfordshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Sawbridgeworth, East Hertfordshire8,744 residents · 76.3% owned · 10.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets

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

Tenure

Owned69.7%
2,573 households
Private rented16.1%
593 households
Social rented13.4%
495 households
Shared ownership0.7%
27 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached29.9%
1,103 households
Detached28.5%
1,053 households
Terraced22.4%
825 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.3%
529 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.1%
78 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
39 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
37 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
27 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.5%
1,456 households
2 cars or vans in household34.4%
1,269 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.5%
573 households
No cars or vans in household10.6%
390 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32.1%
1,184 households
3 bedrooms32%
1,180 households
2 bedrooms23.3%
859 households
1 bedroom12.6%
466 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.3%
2,481 households
One-person household28.6%
1,054 households
Other household types4.1%
152 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
1,291 households
1 person in household28.6%
1,054 households
4 people in household15.3%
564 households
3 people in household15.1%
559 households
5 people in household4.7%
173 households
6 people in household1%
37 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.2%
1,614 residents
15–2918.6%
1,750 residents
30–4416.5%
1,552 residents
45–6428.3%
2,652 residents
65 and over19.4%
1,819 residents
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
8,826 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
278 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
146 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
69 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
68 residents
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.6%
2,466 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.7%
1,259 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.7%
1,258 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
1,225 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.5%
794 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
385 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60%
4,532 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.4%
2,902 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,705 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
1,270 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.7%
1,038 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
986 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.9%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.9%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
317 residents aged 16 and over
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54%
5,066 residents
Good health32.2%
3,023 residents
Fair health10.5%
982 residents
Bad health2.6%
244 residents
Very bad health0.8%
72 residents
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86%
8,074 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14%
1,312 residents
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.2%
2,001 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.1%
1,184 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11%
406 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
96 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Hertford Heath & Stanstead St Margarets · 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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