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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005130

Teynham & Badlesmere

Teynham & Badlesmere is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,523 residents in Swale. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,523

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,863

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

90.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.3%

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.

Grampound Road, St Newlyn East and Cubert, Cornwall7,157 residents · 71.2% owned · 7.4% no carHadlow & East Peckham, Tonbridge and Malling7,213 residents · 70.3% owned · 10.6% no carRoundswell & Landkey, North Devon10,159 residents · 71.4% owned · 10.8% no carHoath, Hersden & Littlebourne, Canterbury6,525 residents · 71.8% owned · 9.5% no carHartshill & Ansley, North Warwickshire9,826 residents · 69.2% owned · 12.7% no carNew Arley & Fillongley, North Warwickshire6,390 residents · 74.6% owned · 7.9% no car

Most similar within Swale

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Boughton & Selling, Swale5,798 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Teynham & Badlesmere

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

Tenure

Owned66.3%
2,563 households
Private rented15.9%
615 households
Social rented14.6%
565 households
Shared ownership3%
117 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.4%
1,523 households
Detached29.6%
1,144 households
Terraced25.6%
988 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.1%
81 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.1%
44 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
33 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household36.4%
1,405 households
2 cars or vans in household34.9%
1,350 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18%
695 households
No cars or vans in household10.7%
413 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.9%
1,775 households
2 bedrooms24.6%
951 households
4 or more bedrooms22.9%
884 households
1 bedroom6.6%
255 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.7%
2,655 households
One-person household23.9%
924 households
Other household types7.4%
284 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.2%
1,475 households
1 person in household23.9%
925 households
3 people in household16.6%
640 households
4 people in household14.4%
555 households
5 people in household4.9%
188 households
6 people in household1.4%
56 households
7 people in household0.5%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,622 residents
15–2916%
1,521 residents
30–4418.6%
1,774 residents
45–6427.4%
2,611 residents
65 and over20.9%
1,993 residents
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
9,073 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
191 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
148 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
82 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
27 residents
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.3%
2,279 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.9%
1,474 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,339 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.9%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
837 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
463 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.3%
4,702 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.2%
2,977 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.7%
1,612 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.7%
1,141 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.4%
968 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
911 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.6%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.4%
886 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%
539 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
482 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%
4,649 residents
Good health33.1%
3,147 residents
Fair health13%
1,241 residents
Bad health4%
379 residents
Very bad health1.1%
105 residents
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.7%
7,782 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.3%
1,739 residents
Teynham & Badlesmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.1%
1,819 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,357 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
545 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
135 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Teynham & Badlesmere · 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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