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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005373

Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham

Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,174 residents in Harborough. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

12,174

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,888

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

520.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.7%

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.

Hanborough & Cassington, West Oxfordshire7,029 residents · 74.3% owned · 9.6% no carMiddleton & Hurworth, Darlington9,369 residents · 79.3% owned · 9.6% no carPurley on Thames, West Berkshire6,730 residents · 82.5% owned · 7.5% no carWillingham & Over, South Cambridgeshire7,239 residents · 75.1% owned · 8.7% no carHoughton, Hemingford & Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire10,037 residents · 77.0% owned · 8.0% no carBurbage Sketchley & Stretton, Hinckley and Bosworth10,459 residents · 83.7% owned · 8.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham

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

Tenure

Owned82.7%
4,041 households
Private rented11.4%
555 households
Social rented4.4%
215 households
Shared ownership1.6%
77 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached48.1%
2,352 households
Semi-detached33.5%
1,635 households
Terraced12.7%
623 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.9%
141 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.7%
82 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
30 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
5 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.5%
1,929 households
1 car or van in household39.3%
1,919 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.5%
610 households
No cars or vans in household8.8%
429 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.7%
1,890 households
4 or more bedrooms38.5%
1,881 households
2 bedrooms19.4%
948 households
1 bedroom3.4%
168 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.3%
3,529 households
One-person household24.2%
1,182 households
Other household types3.5%
173 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.3%
1,968 households
1 person in household24.2%
1,182 households
3 people in household16.5%
806 households
4 people in household14.5%
707 households
5 people in household3.7%
179 households
6 people in household0.5%
24 households
7 people in household0.3%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.8%
1,921 residents
15–2914%
1,710 residents
30–4419.6%
2,386 residents
45–6428.8%
3,506 residents
65 and over21.8%
2,653 residents
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.2%
11,465 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.4%
291 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
274 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
105 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
37 residents
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.7%
4,219 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,731 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
1,295 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.7%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
862 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
590 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
239 residents aged 16 and over
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
5,946 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.7%
4,019 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
2,570 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.7%
1,996 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
1,169 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
1,117 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
942 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
941 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
487 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
431 residents aged 16 and over
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.4%
6,260 residents
Good health34%
4,142 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,349 residents
Bad health2.8%
341 residents
Very bad health0.7%
85 residents
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
10,359 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,815 residents
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.5%
3,007 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.1%
1,420 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
414 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
46 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Market Harborough West, Great Bowden & Lubenham · 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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