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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005127

Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar

Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,887 residents in Swale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,887

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,492

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

296.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.0%

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.

Staplehurst, Maidstone6,693 residents · 76.3% owned · 9.4% no carHarpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke, West Northamptonshire8,609 residents · 77.8% owned · 8.1% no carBowerhill, Atworth & Whitley, Wiltshire12,444 residents · 77.3% owned · 7.9% no carWest Bergholt & Wormingford, Colchester6,566 residents · 80.3% owned · 9.3% no carCountesthorpe & Kilby, Blaby7,966 residents · 81.2% owned · 8.8% no carHesketh Bank & Tarleton, West Lancashire9,020 residents · 82.6% owned · 8.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar

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

Tenure

Owned79.4%
2,773 households
Private rented11.4%
398 households
Social rented7.2%
252 households
Shared ownership2%
69 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.5%
1,415 households
Semi-detached39.5%
1,380 households
Terraced12.1%
423 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.6%
196 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
43 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.1%
1,294 households
2 cars or vans in household36.1%
1,260 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.7%
618 households
No cars or vans in household9.1%
318 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.6%
1,559 households
4 or more bedrooms35.3%
1,234 households
2 bedrooms15.2%
532 households
1 bedroom4.8%
167 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.2%
2,556 households
One-person household21.6%
754 households
Other household types5.2%
181 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.5%
1,308 households
1 person in household21.6%
754 households
4 people in household17.6%
613 households
3 people in household16.3%
569 households
5 people in household5.4%
188 households
6 people in household1.3%
45 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%
1,457 residents
15–2915.6%
1,383 residents
30–4416.6%
1,478 residents
45–6428.2%
2,507 residents
65 and over23.2%
2,058 residents
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.6%
8,406 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
174 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
151 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
139 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
19 residents
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30%
2,187 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
1,405 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.6%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
774 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
438 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
4,287 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
2,871 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,770 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.2%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.9%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
834 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.9%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
411 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
379 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
358 residents aged 16 and over
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.9%
4,435 residents
Good health34.6%
3,075 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,047 residents
Bad health2.8%
251 residents
Very bad health0.9%
79 residents
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.3%
7,488 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.7%
1,399 residents
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.9%
1,916 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.1%
1,155 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.9%
345 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
69 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar · 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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