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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005137

Dane Valley & Northdown Hill

Dane Valley & Northdown Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,721 residents in Thanet. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,721

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,104

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,983

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.7%

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.

Hollington, Hastings8,106 residents · 41.7% owned · 30.6% no carLeigh North, Wigan8,167 residents · 53.5% owned · 28.0% no carWatcombe, Torbay7,279 residents · 62.9% owned · 22.7% no carBexhill North & Sidley, Rother9,321 residents · 53.4% owned · 24.2% no carParson Cross, Sheffield10,170 residents · 49.3% owned · 32.4% no carBilton Grange, Kingston upon Hull, City of7,006 residents · 50.2% owned · 34.7% no car

Most similar within Thanet

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Newington, Thanet8,925 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dane Valley & Northdown Hill

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

Tenure

Owned50.4%
1,565 households
Social rented34.3%
1,064 households
Private rented14.7%
457 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached44%
1,366 households
Terraced27%
839 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.7%
488 households
Detached12.3%
382 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.1%
1,245 households
No cars or vans in household28.7%
891 households
2 cars or vans in household23.4%
727 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%
241 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.2%
1,433 households
2 bedrooms33.7%
1,047 households
1 bedroom10.5%
326 households
4 or more bedrooms9.6%
299 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.5%
2,031 households
One-person household28.4%
880 households
Other household types6.2%
191 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.8%
957 households
1 person in household28.4%
881 households
3 people in household17.8%
551 households
4 people in household14.2%
440 households
5 people in household6%
185 households
6 people in household1.9%
59 households
7 people in household0.6%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.1%
1,705 residents
15–2916.9%
1,303 residents
30–4418.6%
1,438 residents
45–6424.8%
1,915 residents
65 and over17.6%
1,363 residents
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.4%
7,214 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
165 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.1%
162 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
109 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
71 residents
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.6%
1,457 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.7%
1,169 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
945 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.7%
811 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.6%
3,171 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.9%
2,658 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
90 residents aged 16 and over
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations16.6%
983 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.6%
923 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
894 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.3%
726 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.1%
718 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
663 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.4%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
338 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.1%
300 residents aged 16 and over
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health39.5%
3,052 residents
Good health34.9%
2,696 residents
Fair health16.7%
1,287 residents
Bad health6.7%
519 residents
Very bad health2.2%
166 residents
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.7%
5,770 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.3%
1,951 residents
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
1,106 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.9%
1,023 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.7%
705 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.1%
250 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
21 households
Dane Valley & Northdown Hill · 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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