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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005628

Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton

Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,497 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
8,497

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,633

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.7%

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.

Kingsclere & Heath End, Basingstoke and Deane7,578 residents · 73.8% owned · 8.9% no carThrapston & Brigstock, North Northamptonshire11,120 residents · 70.6% owned · 8.7% no carLeafield, Minster Lovell & Duckington, West Oxfordshire6,543 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.0% no carEggborough, Kellington & Smeaton, Selby8,833 residents · 79.2% owned · 6.9% no carPotton, Central Bedfordshire8,156 residents · 72.4% owned · 7.5% no carThurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North, Mid Suffolk8,870 residents · 79.2% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden, West Northamptonshire8,012 residents · 76.5% owned · 8.6% no carKings Sutton, Greatworth & Evenley, West Northamptonshire6,737 residents · 70.9% owned · 7.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton

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

Tenure

Owned74.4%
2,702 households
Private rented12.9%
467 households
Social rented11.5%
418 households
Shared ownership1.2%
45 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.8%
1,626 households
Semi-detached34.8%
1,263 households
Terraced15.5%
562 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.8%
101 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
14 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.8%
1,447 households
1 car or van in household33.3%
1,208 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19%
692 households
No cars or vans in household7.9%
286 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.7%
1,516 households
4 or more bedrooms34.8%
1,265 households
2 bedrooms18.5%
673 households
1 bedroom5%
182 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
2,495 households
One-person household26.5%
963 households
Other household types4.9%
177 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.2%
1,461 households
1 person in household26.5%
961 households
3 people in household15.2%
552 households
4 people in household12.9%
469 households
5 people in household3.9%
141 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,333 residents
15–2914.2%
1,204 residents
30–4417.2%
1,461 residents
45–6431.5%
2,678 residents
65 and over21.5%
1,824 residents
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
8,226 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
68 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
58 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
32 residents
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.7%
2,461 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,208 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
1,075 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
770 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
4,440 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.9%
2,542 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.3%
1,579 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
1,139 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.1%
1,002 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
819 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11%
777 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.4%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
366 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
314 residents aged 16 and over
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.9%
4,152 residents
Good health35.8%
3,041 residents
Fair health11.3%
956 residents
Bad health3.4%
291 residents
Very bad health0.7%
57 residents
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.4%
7,176 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.6%
1,323 residents
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56%
2,035 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
1,163 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10%
364 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
68 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton · 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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