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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004955

Broadwater & Bragbury End

Broadwater & Bragbury End is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,020 residents in Stevenage. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,020

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,412

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,695.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.9%

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.

Birch Hill & Hanworth East, Bracknell Forest7,439 residents · 63.0% owned · 14.4% no carChaulden, Dacorum5,024 residents · 63.4% owned · 15.0% no carHanworth West, Bracknell Forest6,722 residents · 65.2% owned · 13.8% no carIfield & Gossops Green, Crawley8,396 residents · 65.0% owned · 16.9% no carWarners End, Dacorum6,771 residents · 55.4% owned · 16.7% no carRochester South East, Medway6,441 residents · 75.4% owned · 15.7% no car

Most similar within Stevenage

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Poplars, Stevenage6,885 residents · 62.3% owned · 17.1% no carChells South, Stevenage6,826 residents · 63.5% owned · 18.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Broadwater & Bragbury End

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

Tenure

Owned66.9%
1,614 households
Social rented23%
554 households
Private rented9.6%
232 households
Shared ownership0.4%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced55.3%
1,335 households
Detached16.3%
392 households
Semi-detached15.9%
384 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.3%
272 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.1%
895 households
2 cars or vans in household34.4%
830 households
No cars or vans in household15.8%
382 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.7%
306 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.9%
1,398 households
4 or more bedrooms18.2%
439 households
2 bedrooms14.4%
347 households
1 bedroom9.5%
229 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.1%
1,621 households
One-person household26.3%
634 households
Other household types6.6%
159 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.2%
802 households
1 person in household26.2%
634 households
3 people in household17%
411 households
4 people in household15.7%
379 households
5 people in household5.4%
130 households
6 people in household1.8%
43 households
7 people in household0.4%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,141 residents
15–2915.8%
948 residents
30–4421.7%
1,306 residents
45–6426.4%
1,587 residents
65 and over17.2%
1,037 residents
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89.2%
5,372 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.4%
205 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.2%
194 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
192 residents
Other ethnic group1%
59 residents
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.9%
1,293 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
871 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.3%
781 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.2%
778 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.2%
681 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
270 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.8%
3,064 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.6%
1,661 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.2%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.8%
665 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.7%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
554 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.9%
525 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
280 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.2%
2,840 residents
Good health35.8%
2,154 residents
Fair health12.7%
767 residents
Bad health3.3%
201 residents
Very bad health0.9%
57 residents
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
4,989 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,030 residents
Broadwater & Bragbury End · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.7%
1,174 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
815 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.2%
343 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
76 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Broadwater & Bragbury End · 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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