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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004943

Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green

Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,220 residents in St Albans. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,220

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,303

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

590.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.5%

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.

Bovingdon & Chipperfield, Dacorum9,497 residents · 79.1% owned · 6.9% no carSonning & Woodley North, Wokingham7,670 residents · 83.5% owned · 9.1% no carEast Grinstead West & South, Mid Sussex7,960 residents · 84.3% owned · 9.8% no carKings Langley, Dacorum5,288 residents · 75.0% owned · 10.9% no carKingswood, Reigate and Banstead7,255 residents · 84.2% owned · 5.9% no carWest Clandon & Send, Guildford8,520 residents · 76.1% owned · 6.9% no car

Most similar within St Albans

The closest matches in the same local authority.

How Wood & Park Street, St Albans6,433 residents · 74.8% owned · 10.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green

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

Tenure

Owned83.5%
2,759 households
Private rented12%
395 households
Social rented3.8%
127 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached45.9%
1,517 households
Semi-detached31.9%
1,053 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
337 households
Terraced7.4%
246 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.3%
77 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.2%
1,295 households
1 car or van in household36.4%
1,203 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.3%
572 households
No cars or vans in household7.1%
233 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40%
1,320 households
3 bedrooms33.6%
1,111 households
2 bedrooms18.9%
624 households
1 bedroom7.5%
248 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.3%
2,288 households
One-person household25.3%
837 households
Other household types5.4%
178 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
1,155 households
1 person in household25.3%
837 households
3 people in household16.9%
558 households
4 people in household16%
529 households
5 people in household5.1%
170 households
6 people in household1.3%
44 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,362 residents
15–2913.7%
1,127 residents
30–4416.3%
1,340 residents
45–6428.7%
2,356 residents
65 and over24.7%
2,030 residents
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.1%
6,831 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.1%
751 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
279 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
199 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
160 residents
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.5%
2,807 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.4%
1,042 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
947 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
869 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
570 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59%
3,992 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.3%
2,659 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
1,710 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
1,448 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.9%
943 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
833 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.6%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.5%
4,400 residents
Good health32.1%
2,642 residents
Fair health10.9%
900 residents
Bad health2.7%
225 residents
Very bad health0.6%
53 residents
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
7,030 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
1,189 residents
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.5%
1,867 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
1,079 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
302 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
51 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Bricket Wood & Chiswell Green · 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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