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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004980

Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell

Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,202 residents in Welwyn Hatfield. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,202

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,432

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

696.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.5%

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.

Balsall Common, Solihull8,265 residents · 84.1% owned · 7.7% no carFetcham, Mole Valley8,022 residents · 87.8% owned · 6.4% no carKnotty Green & Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire8,935 residents · 83.7% owned · 6.5% no carFleet South & Pondtail, Hart7,891 residents · 90.6% owned · 6.7% no carChalfont Common & St Peter East, Buckinghamshire7,560 residents · 82.6% owned · 8.2% no carCrowthorne North, Wokingham8,423 residents · 86.7% owned · 6.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell

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

Tenure

Owned85.8%
2,086 households
Private rented8.3%
201 households
Social rented5.7%
138 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached63.2%
1,536 households
Semi-detached19.4%
471 households
Terraced10.9%
265 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.3%
129 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.4%
1,005 households
1 car or van in household31.2%
759 households
3 or more cars or vans in household21.2%
514 households
No cars or vans in household6.3%
152 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms54.6%
1,326 households
3 bedrooms27.3%
663 households
2 bedrooms14.6%
354 households
1 bedroom3.6%
87 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.2%
1,777 households
One-person household21.6%
524 households
Other household types5.2%
127 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.6%
915 households
1 person in household21.6%
526 households
4 people in household17.6%
427 households
3 people in household16.7%
406 households
5 people in household5.1%
123 households
6 people in household0.9%
22 households
7 people in household0.5%
11 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
941 residents
15–2913.7%
851 residents
30–4414.4%
893 residents
45–6432.1%
1,991 residents
65 and over24.7%
1,530 residents
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89.1%
5,525 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.2%
325 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
169 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.7%
107 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
76 residents
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.5%
2,458 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
809 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.5%
645 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10%
518 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
396 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
3,048 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.5%
2,044 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
84 residents aged 16 and over
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.2%
1,357 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.3%
1,309 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.8%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
628 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
296 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.2%
268 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.7%
245 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
242 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.3%
3,308 residents
Good health33.2%
2,058 residents
Fair health10.4%
645 residents
Bad health2.5%
153 residents
Very bad health0.6%
38 residents
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.4%
5,299 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.6%
903 residents
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.1%
1,509 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.2%
735 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7%
171 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.6%
14 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Woolmer Green, Oaklands & Digswell · 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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