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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005099

Westerham & Brasted

Westerham & Brasted is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,963 residents in Sevenoaks. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,963

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,350

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

147

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.1%

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.

Hartley Wintney & Heckfield, Hart7,164 residents · 69.8% owned · 7.5% no carWatton-at-Stone, Bramfield & Bayford, East Hertfordshire7,529 residents · 71.9% owned · 7.2% no carNutfield & Bletchingley, Tandridge6,115 residents · 71.4% owned · 8.7% no carOlney & Lavendon, Milton Keynes9,007 residents · 72.1% owned · 11.4% no carMortimer & Aldermaston Wharf, West Berkshire6,040 residents · 70.9% owned · 8.4% no carSherston & Hullavington, Wiltshire6,285 residents · 72.2% owned · 6.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Westerham & Brasted

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

Tenure

Owned70%
2,344 households
Private rented16.2%
543 households
Social rented12.7%
425 households
Shared ownership1%
35 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached36.2%
1,213 households
Semi-detached28.2%
946 households
Terraced24%
803 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.3%
246 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.2%
75 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
38 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.8%
1,266 households
1 car or van in household36.5%
1,223 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.7%
593 households
No cars or vans in household8%
268 households
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.8%
1,198 households
4 or more bedrooms32.3%
1,082 households
2 bedrooms25%
839 households
1 bedroom6.9%
231 households
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.1%
2,349 households
One-person household26%
872 households
Other household types3.9%
130 households
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.4%
1,252 households
1 person in household26%
872 households
3 people in household16.6%
557 households
4 people in household15.3%
514 households
5 people in household3.6%
119 households
6 people in household0.8%
28 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,389 residents
15–2913.4%
1,070 residents
30–4416.4%
1,308 residents
45–6430.5%
2,432 residents
65 and over22.2%
1,772 residents
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
7,592 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
168 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
118 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
53 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
33 residents
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.1%
2,599 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
1,070 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
967 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.1%
849 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
134 residents aged 16 and over
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.5%
3,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.2%
2,477 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
82 residents aged 16 and over
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,529 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,346 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.3%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
714 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.4%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
322 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
298 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.2%
4,315 residents
Good health32.8%
2,614 residents
Fair health9.3%
744 residents
Bad health2.9%
231 residents
Very bad health0.7%
59 residents
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
6,898 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,065 residents
Westerham & Brasted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.2%
1,982 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.9%
1,000 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9%
302 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
63 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Westerham & Brasted · 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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