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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004962

Rickmansworth West

Rickmansworth West is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,025 residents in Three Rivers. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,025

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,669

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,778.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.3%

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.

Buckhurst Hill, Epping Forest11,752 residents · 72.2% owned · 15.6% no carOxhey, Watford7,179 residents · 66.4% owned · 16.8% no carBoxmoor & Apsley, Dacorum11,665 residents · 66.4% owned · 13.0% no carBurpham North & Merrow East, Guildford8,371 residents · 67.1% owned · 11.1% no carSunbury East, Spelthorne7,742 residents · 75.4% owned · 11.1% no carBushey Central, Hertsmere10,776 residents · 68.0% owned · 14.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rickmansworth West

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

Tenure

Owned67.8%
2,488 households
Private rented18.1%
665 households
Social rented13.6%
499 households
Shared ownership0.3%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached31.6%
1,156 households
Detached24.3%
889 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement21%
771 households
Terraced17.8%
652 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.9%
70 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
69 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
23 households
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,543 households
2 cars or vans in household32.3%
1,183 households
No cars or vans in household13.8%
504 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
433 households
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms32.8%
1,202 households
4 or more bedrooms28.9%
1,057 households
2 bedrooms26.9%
984 households
1 bedroom11.5%
420 households
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
2,441 households
One-person household28%
1,024 households
Other household types5.4%
198 households
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.5%
1,119 households
1 person in household28%
1,024 households
3 people in household17.6%
644 households
4 people in household17.6%
643 households
5 people in household5.2%
191 households
6 people in household0.8%
30 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,669 residents
15–2915.3%
1,381 residents
30–4421.8%
1,965 residents
45–6428%
2,526 residents
65 and over16.4%
1,483 residents
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.7%
7,463 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.4%
937 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
364 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
142 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
118 residents
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.3%
3,415 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
1,084 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
920 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.7%
843 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.7%
557 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.4%
4,793 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32%
2,310 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
1,844 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.4%
1,617 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12%
865 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
798 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
486 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
428 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.4%
391 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.6%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.8%
4,947 residents
Good health32.9%
2,965 residents
Fair health9.4%
849 residents
Bad health2.4%
215 residents
Very bad health0.5%
49 residents
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.9%
7,842 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.1%
1,183 residents
Rickmansworth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.3%
2,136 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.3%
1,074 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.3%
378 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
70 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Rickmansworth West · 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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