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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005038

Wilmington & Hawley

Wilmington & Hawley is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,999 residents in Dartford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,999

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,355

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

809.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.4%

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.

Swanley East & Hextable, Sevenoaks7,140 residents · 82.2% owned · 10.1% no carLittleton & Shepperton Green, Spelthorne6,236 residents · 78.0% owned · 9.3% no carLoose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone9,052 residents · 80.5% owned · 9.9% no carLoose & Coxheath, Maidstone7,849 residents · 78.3% owned · 10.1% no carHalstead East & Colnes, Braintree9,494 residents · 75.1% owned · 10.6% no carKennington & Little Burton Farm, Ashford6,800 residents · 78.5% owned · 11.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wilmington & Hawley

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

Tenure

Owned82.6%
1,946 households
Social rented8.7%
204 households
Private rented8.4%
197 households
Shared ownership0.3%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached44.6%
1,049 households
Detached28.7%
674 households
Terraced18.1%
425 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.5%
177 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
0 households
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household36.6%
862 households
1 car or van in household34.5%
812 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.4%
409 households
No cars or vans in household11.4%
269 households
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.9%
985 households
4 or more bedrooms28.4%
668 households
2 bedrooms22.8%
535 households
1 bedroom6.9%
163 households
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.4%
1,631 households
One-person household25.4%
597 households
Other household types5.2%
122 households
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
790 households
1 person in household25.5%
599 households
3 people in household17%
399 households
4 people in household16.2%
380 households
5 people in household5.6%
131 households
6 people in household1.6%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
990 residents
15–2915%
901 residents
30–4417.3%
1,040 residents
45–6427.4%
1,647 residents
65 and over23.7%
1,424 residents
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90%
5,404 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.5%
209 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
183 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
131 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
77 residents
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.4%
1,350 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.9%
885 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
864 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
765 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
556 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
2,895 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
1,967 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
76 residents aged 16 and over
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,099 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.4%
759 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.7%
678 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.7%
628 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.6%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50%
2,998 residents
Good health33.8%
2,028 residents
Fair health12.2%
732 residents
Bad health3%
182 residents
Very bad health1%
59 residents
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.2%
5,048 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.8%
950 residents
Wilmington & Hawley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53%
1,246 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.4%
762 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.5%
295 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
47 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Wilmington & Hawley · 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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