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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005002

Beaver & Singleton

Beaver & Singleton is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,040 residents in Ashford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,040

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,080

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,803.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.7%

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.

Maybush, Southampton8,703 residents · 53.5% owned · 21.7% no carWhitehouse, Ipswich9,104 residents · 55.1% owned · 22.4% no carSpringbank, Cheltenham6,733 residents · 50.2% owned · 21.1% no carBraintree South, Braintree9,832 residents · 58.4% owned · 18.4% no carBedworth Coalpit Field & Exhall, Nuneaton and Bedworth8,058 residents · 63.2% owned · 18.4% no carCamp Hill, Nuneaton and Bedworth9,599 residents · 55.6% owned · 22.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Beaver & Singleton

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

Tenure

Owned54.4%
2,218 households
Social rented22.1%
903 households
Private rented21.6%
883 households
Shared ownership1.6%
64 households
Lives rent free0.3%
12 households
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced33.1%
1,349 households
Semi-detached33%
1,348 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.1%
779 households
Detached12.7%
519 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
63 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,817 households
2 cars or vans in household25.9%
1,055 households
No cars or vans in household21.4%
872 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.2%
335 households
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.5%
1,817 households
2 bedrooms32.8%
1,337 households
1 bedroom12.2%
496 households
4 or more bedrooms10.5%
429 households
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64%
2,609 households
One-person household28.6%
1,167 households
Other household types7.4%
302 households
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.8%
1,296 households
1 person in household28.6%
1,167 households
3 people in household17.6%
717 households
4 people in household13.8%
564 households
5 people in household5.4%
219 households
6 people in household2%
81 households
7 people in household0.6%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
2,133 residents
15–2917.7%
1,782 residents
30–4422.7%
2,277 residents
45–6423.5%
2,359 residents
65 and over14.8%
1,489 residents
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83.5%
8,387 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.2%
825 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.6%
365 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
232 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
232 residents
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.8%
1,855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.7%
1,693 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,205 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.6%
1,060 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
476 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.5%
4,872 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.8%
2,789 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
139 residents aged 16 and over
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,318 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%
1,294 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.9%
1,240 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
905 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.8%
766 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
390 residents aged 16 and over
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.1%
4,528 residents
Good health35.9%
3,602 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,426 residents
Bad health3.6%
366 residents
Very bad health1.2%
118 residents
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.7%
8,200 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.3%
1,840 residents
Beaver & Singleton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.6%
1,696 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.6%
1,492 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.4%
708 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
169 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
13 households
Beaver & Singleton · 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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