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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005022

Canterbury St Stephen's

Canterbury St Stephen's is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,062 residents in Canterbury. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,062

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,960

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,803.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.3%

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.

Tang Hall, York10,185 residents · 39.6% owned · 34.6% no carWinchester Stanmore, Winchester6,764 residents · 29.7% owned · 28.2% no carUniversity & Newland North, Kingston upon Hull, City of8,110 residents · 53.5% owned · 27.6% no carOldfield Park East, Bath and North East Somerset5,979 residents · 49.2% owned · 29.4% no carPark Barn & Royal Surrey, Guildford9,757 residents · 33.5% owned · 28.2% no carLoughborough Storer & Queen's Park, Charnwood11,233 residents · 33.2% owned · 28.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Canterbury St Stephen's

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

Tenure

Owned37.8%
1,118 households
Private rented35.7%
1,056 households
Social rented25.8%
763 households
Shared ownership0.6%
17 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced29.5%
874 households
Semi-detached26.5%
784 households
Detached22.9%
678 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.4%
576 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
34 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.5%
1,229 households
No cars or vans in household31.6%
936 households
2 cars or vans in household19.3%
571 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
224 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.1%
1,127 households
3 bedrooms30.8%
913 households
2 bedrooms21.2%
627 households
1 bedroom9.9%
293 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.2%
1,428 households
Other household types29.1%
861 households
One-person household22.7%
672 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.3%
839 households
1 person in household22.7%
672 households
3 people in household20.5%
607 households
4 people in household17%
503 households
5 people in household7.4%
220 households
6 people in household3%
89 households
7 people in household0.9%
26 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
1,037 residents
15–2943.9%
3,536 residents
30–4413.7%
1,101 residents
45–6417.3%
1,394 residents
65 and over12.3%
994 residents
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.2%
6,387 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.8%
630 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.4%
433 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%
408 residents
Other ethnic group2.5%
204 residents
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications36.6%
2,549 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above32.3%
2,249 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.2%
783 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.9%
622 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.3%
439 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.9%
3,614 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)35.6%
2,483 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student12.5%
868 residents aged 16 and over
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students39.5%
2,756 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
921 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
689 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.9%
551 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
520 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.5%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
436 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
192 residents aged 16 and over
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.2%
3,887 residents
Good health35.6%
2,874 residents
Fair health11.7%
946 residents
Bad health3.4%
277 residents
Very bad health1%
78 residents
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.9%
6,439 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.1%
1,621 residents
Canterbury St Stephen's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.3%
1,284 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,093 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.9%
442 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
133 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Canterbury St Stephen's · 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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