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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005059

Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,645 residents in Gravesham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,645

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,779

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,433.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.4%

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.

Hylands, Havering8,492 residents · 81.9% owned · 15.6% no carLittle Thurrock South, Thurrock7,770 residents · 75.0% owned · 16.0% no carBinley, Coventry9,185 residents · 82.4% owned · 14.0% no carByfleet, Woking8,022 residents · 73.5% owned · 11.9% no carPenenden Heath, Maidstone9,085 residents · 74.8% owned · 12.4% no carMaidenbower West & Furnace Green, Crawley9,481 residents · 62.7% owned · 16.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Windmill Hill

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

Tenure

Owned74%
2,796 households
Private rented19.6%
739 households
Social rented5.9%
223 households
Shared ownership0.4%
17 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.7%
1,687 households
Semi-detached26.1%
986 households
Detached14.5%
549 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10%
377 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.3%
126 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.5%
1,645 households
2 cars or vans in household28.7%
1,085 households
No cars or vans in household16.2%
614 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.5%
435 households
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.1%
1,740 households
4 or more bedrooms28.3%
1,071 households
2 bedrooms16.3%
615 households
1 bedroom9.3%
352 households
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.4%
2,507 households
One-person household26%
982 households
Other household types7.6%
289 households
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.3%
1,184 households
1 person in household26%
982 households
3 people in household17.4%
657 households
4 people in household17%
643 households
5 people in household5.9%
223 households
6 people in household1.7%
63 households
7 people in household0.4%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,616 residents
15–2916.4%
1,585 residents
30–4420.9%
2,019 residents
45–6427.2%
2,627 residents
65 and over18.6%
1,798 residents
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77.3%
7,455 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.1%
1,265 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.8%
367 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
320 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
242 residents
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.4%
2,560 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,440 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.8%
1,252 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
426 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
281 residents aged 16 and over
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.3%
5,006 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.7%
2,746 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,782 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
1,047 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
872 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.7%
846 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.6%
838 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.4%
4,765 residents
Good health34.5%
3,331 residents
Fair health11.9%
1,151 residents
Bad health3.3%
319 residents
Very bad health0.8%
80 residents
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.2%
8,214 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.8%
1,430 residents
Windmill Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.2%
1,973 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,278 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.8%
446 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
74 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Windmill Hill · 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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