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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005625

Daventry Central

Daventry Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,425 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
9,425

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,097

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,518.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.6%

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.

Gaywood Chase & Old Gaywood, King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,359 residents · 59.7% owned · 23.1% no carMarket Drayton, Shropshire12,588 residents · 65.0% owned · 17.6% no carSt Neots Eaton Socon, Huntingdonshire5,727 residents · 64.9% owned · 17.2% no carHalstead Central & West, Braintree8,883 residents · 57.8% owned · 18.4% no carTotton Town, New Forest7,736 residents · 68.2% owned · 19.8% no carDereham Central & Toftwood, Breckland11,605 residents · 60.9% owned · 17.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Daventry Central

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

Tenure

Owned57.4%
2,352 households
Social rented22.5%
920 households
Private rented19.6%
804 households
Shared ownership0.5%
20 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39%
1,598 households
Detached24.1%
990 households
Terraced18.9%
776 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14%
575 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
67 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
53 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
40 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,719 households
2 cars or vans in household27.3%
1,119 households
No cars or vans in household21.4%
878 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%
385 households
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.9%
1,720 households
2 bedrooms27.8%
1,140 households
4 or more bedrooms19.1%
782 households
1 bedroom11.2%
459 households
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.6%
2,525 households
One-person household32.2%
1,322 households
Other household types6.2%
254 households
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.3%
1,406 households
1 person in household32.2%
1,322 households
3 people in household16.1%
661 households
4 people in household11.9%
490 households
5 people in household3.8%
157 households
6 people in household1.1%
44 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%
1,545 residents
15–2917.2%
1,624 residents
30–4419.8%
1,871 residents
45–6425%
2,353 residents
65 and over21.6%
2,033 residents
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.1%
8,871 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.9%
272 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
113 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
100 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
70 residents
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.6%
1,836 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.8%
1,769 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
1,193 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.8%
1,072 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
495 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
271 residents aged 16 and over
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.1%
4,591 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.9%
3,027 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.9%
1,624 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,284 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.5%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
634 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
368 residents aged 16 and over
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.6%
4,015 residents
Good health36.6%
3,447 residents
Fair health15.1%
1,427 residents
Bad health4.5%
423 residents
Very bad health1.2%
113 residents
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80%
7,537 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20%
1,888 residents
Daventry Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.3%
1,774 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,479 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17%
697 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.4%
141 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
10 households
Daventry Central · 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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