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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004948

Symonds Green

Symonds Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,076 residents in Stevenage. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,076

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,671

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,906

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.4%

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.

Haldens, Welwyn Hatfield6,119 residents · 55.8% owned · 18.7% no carLetchworth Grange, North Hertfordshire6,808 residents · 51.2% owned · 23.5% no carGreat Baddow South & West, Chelmsford9,891 residents · 59.2% owned · 19.4% no carSteeple View & Noak Bridge, Basildon8,735 residents · 61.3% owned · 15.2% no carRainham North East, Medway7,300 residents · 61.3% owned · 20.7% no carLetchworth Wilbury, North Hertfordshire5,632 residents · 51.1% owned · 21.4% no car

Most similar within Stevenage

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Pin Green, Stevenage8,797 residents · 48.8% owned · 28.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Symonds Green

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

Tenure

Owned51.6%
1,378 households
Social rented28.3%
755 households
Private rented19.8%
528 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.1%
1,072 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28.4%
758 households
Semi-detached20.5%
547 households
Detached10%
266 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
2 households
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.9%
1,172 households
2 cars or vans in household26.1%
698 households
No cars or vans in household21.5%
574 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
228 households
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.1%
1,151 households
1 bedroom23.6%
631 households
2 bedrooms20.7%
552 households
4 or more bedrooms12.6%
338 households
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.8%
1,678 households
One-person household32.7%
873 households
Other household types4.6%
122 households
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.6%
871 households
1 person in household32.6%
870 households
3 people in household17.5%
466 households
4 people in household12.1%
323 households
5 people in household3.6%
96 households
6 people in household1.4%
37 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,075 residents
15–2916.8%
1,021 residents
30–4422.2%
1,347 residents
45–6424.8%
1,505 residents
65 and over18.6%
1,131 residents
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.4%
5,191 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.3%
384 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
220 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.9%
176 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
108 residents
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.4%
1,502 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.4%
861 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
775 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
731 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.7%
629 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
304 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
3,095 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.7%
1,765 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
85 residents aged 16 and over
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.5%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.5%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.9%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.4%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
510 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
283 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.7%
2,838 residents
Good health34.5%
2,099 residents
Fair health13.5%
820 residents
Bad health4%
246 residents
Very bad health1.2%
75 residents
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.4%
4,949 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.6%
1,129 residents
Symonds Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.4%
1,213 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
914 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.6%
443 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
96 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
7 households
Symonds 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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