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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005084

Headcorn & Sutton Valence

Headcorn & Sutton Valence is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,505 residents in Maidstone. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,505

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,060

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

124.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.8%

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.

Fairford & Lechlade, Cotswold9,264 residents · 70.5% owned · 8.2% no carBidford & Welford, Stratford-on-Avon11,180 residents · 72.7% owned · 8.3% no carBampton, Clanfield & Standlake, West Oxfordshire7,308 residents · 73.9% owned · 7.4% no carHighnam, Longford & Norton, Tewkesbury7,132 residents · 77.2% owned · 6.3% no carBerkeley & Sharpness, Stroud6,567 residents · 71.4% owned · 7.5% no carHartlebury & Wychbold, Wychavon8,794 residents · 72.4% owned · 8.6% no car

Most similar within Maidstone

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Harrietsham, Hollingbourne & Lenham, Maidstone9,764 residents · 75.5% owned · 8.7% no carMarden, Maidstone7,880 residents · 72.1% owned · 9.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Headcorn & Sutton Valence

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

Tenure

Owned73%
2,233 households
Private rented14%
429 households
Social rented10.7%
327 households
Shared ownership2.3%
71 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.1%
1,349 households
Semi-detached29.8%
912 households
Terraced14.4%
440 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.2%
191 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.5%
106 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
20 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
20 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household36.9%
1,130 households
2 cars or vans in household35.3%
1,080 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18%
552 households
No cars or vans in household9.8%
299 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.1%
1,198 households
4 or more bedrooms34.1%
1,045 households
2 bedrooms21.5%
657 households
1 bedroom5.3%
161 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.9%
2,139 households
One-person household25.1%
768 households
Other household types5.1%
155 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.5%
1,240 households
1 person in household25.1%
768 households
3 people in household14.6%
447 households
4 people in household13%
398 households
5 people in household4.6%
142 households
6 people in household1.6%
48 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.2%
1,294 residents
15–2913.8%
1,038 residents
30–4417.1%
1,281 residents
45–6429.4%
2,209 residents
65 and over22.4%
1,684 residents
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.6%
7,176 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
164 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
93 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
51 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
24 residents
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.8%
2,076 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,039 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.7%
962 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
961 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
604 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
3,581 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.4%
2,478 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.7%
1,457 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.4%
944 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
736 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.7%
474 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
363 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
300 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.9%
3,742 residents
Good health34.7%
2,604 residents
Fair health11.5%
860 residents
Bad health3.2%
238 residents
Very bad health0.8%
61 residents
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.4%
6,336 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.6%
1,169 residents
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.2%
1,657 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,022 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.3%
315 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · 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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