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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005598

Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton

Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,955 residents in South Norfolk. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,955

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,100

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

188.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.4%

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.

Haddenham, Dinton & Stone, Buckinghamshire9,449 residents · 76.6% owned · 8.6% no carKibworth & Great Glen, Harborough12,763 residents · 74.9% owned · 8.8% no carHanborough & Cassington, West Oxfordshire7,029 residents · 74.3% owned · 9.6% no carWillingham & Over, South Cambridgeshire7,239 residents · 75.1% owned · 8.7% no carWinchester North & Sparsholt, Winchester10,490 residents · 75.7% owned · 11.3% no carBox, Colerne & Rudloe, Wiltshire8,364 residents · 71.0% owned · 8.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton

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

Tenure

Owned75%
3,076 households
Private rented14.5%
595 households
Social rented8.8%
360 households
Shared ownership1.7%
69 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached56.5%
2,315 households
Semi-detached25.9%
1,062 households
Terraced11.1%
454 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.8%
195 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
44 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
14 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
10 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
6 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.2%
1,650 households
2 cars or vans in household38.8%
1,592 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.2%
540 households
No cars or vans in household7.8%
318 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.1%
1,643 households
3 bedrooms37.3%
1,529 households
2 bedrooms18%
736 households
1 bedroom4.7%
192 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71%
2,918 households
One-person household24.3%
996 households
Other household types4.7%
193 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.7%
1,625 households
1 person in household24.3%
996 households
3 people in household16%
654 households
4 people in household14.8%
608 households
5 people in household3.9%
159 households
6 people in household1%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,843 residents
15–2913.6%
1,357 residents
30–4420.3%
2,019 residents
45–6426.1%
2,593 residents
65 and over21.5%
2,140 residents
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.7%
8,732 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.5%
647 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
255 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.6%
161 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
159 residents
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.4%
3,563 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,247 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
1,095 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.2%
980 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8%
639 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
322 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.9%
4,801 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.7%
3,100 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
117 residents aged 16 and over
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
1,997 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,829 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
967 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%
904 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
443 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
374 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.9%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.1%
5,287 residents
Good health32.9%
3,279 residents
Fair health10.8%
1,079 residents
Bad health2.5%
252 residents
Very bad health0.6%
58 residents
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%
8,438 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%
1,517 residents
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.6%
2,442 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,289 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.2%
297 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
70 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton · 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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