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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005079

Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea

Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,052 residents in Maidstone. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,052

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,565

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,572.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.8%

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.

Kennington & Little Burton Farm, Ashford6,800 residents · 78.5% owned · 11.8% no carYateley East, Hart8,436 residents · 77.5% owned · 10.3% no carSwanley East & Hextable, Sevenoaks7,140 residents · 82.2% owned · 10.1% no carWilmington & Hawley, Dartford5,999 residents · 82.6% owned · 11.4% no carLittleton & Shepperton Green, Spelthorne6,236 residents · 78.0% owned · 9.3% no carHedge End South, Eastleigh9,858 residents · 83.8% owned · 8.3% no car

Most similar within Maidstone

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Loose & Coxheath, Maidstone7,849 residents · 78.3% owned · 10.1% no carBearsted & Downswood, Maidstone8,032 residents · 82.1% owned · 8.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea

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

Tenure

Owned80.5%
2,869 households
Private rented9.4%
335 households
Social rented8.3%
296 households
Shared ownership1.8%
65 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.5%
1,620 households
Detached33.4%
1,191 households
Terraced11.7%
418 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.7%
274 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
24 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.8%
1,349 households
1 car or van in household36.1%
1,287 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.2%
577 households
No cars or vans in household9.9%
352 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.5%
1,659 households
4 or more bedrooms29.4%
1,049 households
2 bedrooms19.4%
693 households
1 bedroom4.6%
164 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.2%
2,537 households
One-person household23.1%
823 households
Other household types5.6%
201 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
1,315 households
1 person in household23.1%
823 households
4 people in household17%
607 households
3 people in household15.8%
563 households
5 people in household5%
178 households
6 people in household1.3%
45 households
7 people in household0.5%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.6%
1,686 residents
15–2914%
1,268 residents
30–4417.9%
1,623 residents
45–6426%
2,352 residents
65 and over23.5%
2,125 residents
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.2%
8,343 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.5%
318 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
174 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
126 residents
Other ethnic group1%
92 residents
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.8%
2,239 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,326 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.1%
1,169 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.1%
1,028 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
811 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
474 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59%
4,287 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.5%
2,868 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
1,761 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
1,093 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.5%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.5%
909 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
729 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.1%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.1%
4,624 residents
Good health33.9%
3,066 residents
Fair health11.3%
1,020 residents
Bad health2.9%
264 residents
Very bad health0.9%
77 residents
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
7,647 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,405 residents
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.7%
1,951 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
1,202 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10%
356 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
53 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea · 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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