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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005653

Thorplands & Round Spinney

Thorplands & Round Spinney is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,985 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
8,985

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,248

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,991.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Huntingdon Sapley & Oxmoor, Huntingdonshire9,057 residents · 44.7% owned · 28.1% no carHoughton Regis North, Central Bedfordshire9,606 residents · 54.3% owned · 18.4% no carPerry Street, Gravesham8,007 residents · 52.4% owned · 23.5% no carMilton & Chalk, Gravesham11,586 residents · 56.7% owned · 19.6% no carBanbury Neithrop, Cherwell6,015 residents · 52.3% owned · 23.7% no carHadley & Horton, Telford and Wrekin11,158 residents · 53.9% owned · 17.6% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Briar Hill & Hunsbury Hill, West Northamptonshire6,431 residents · 53.1% owned · 19.4% no carOverstone Lodge & Rectory Farm, West Northamptonshire8,717 residents · 53.0% owned · 18.4% no carEastfield, West Northamptonshire6,983 residents · 51.0% owned · 25.4% no carBlackthorn & Lings, West Northamptonshire6,671 residents · 42.5% owned · 26.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Thorplands & Round Spinney

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

Tenure

Owned50.7%
1,647 households
Social rented25.1%
814 households
Private rented23%
747 households
Shared ownership1%
33 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.1%
1,336 households
Semi-detached23.5%
764 households
Detached19.2%
625 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.4%
499 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.2%
1,467 households
2 cars or vans in household25%
811 households
No cars or vans in household21.4%
694 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.5%
277 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48%
1,558 households
2 bedrooms24.8%
805 households
4 or more bedrooms18.4%
597 households
1 bedroom8.9%
289 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.1%
2,080 households
One-person household24.2%
787 households
Other household types11.7%
380 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household26.4%
859 households
1 person in household24.3%
790 households
3 people in household20.8%
675 households
4 people in household15.8%
513 households
5 people in household7.5%
244 households
6 people in household2.9%
93 households
7 people in household1.3%
41 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
36 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524.2%
2,176 residents
15–2919.3%
1,734 residents
30–4423.6%
2,117 residents
45–6422.5%
2,020 residents
65 and over10.4%
935 residents
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White76%
6,826 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.2%
1,184 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5%
447 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
348 residents
Other ethnic group2%
180 residents
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,605 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.6%
1,515 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
973 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.9%
933 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
355 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.5%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.3%
4,438 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.8%
2,062 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
195 residents aged 16 and over
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations24.5%
1,637 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
890 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.1%
746 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.9%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.6%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.8%
386 residents aged 16 and over
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.4%
4,346 residents
Good health35%
3,148 residents
Fair health11.9%
1,066 residents
Bad health3.7%
330 residents
Very bad health1.1%
96 residents
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
7,591 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,393 residents
Thorplands & Round Spinney · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.1%
1,336 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,198 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.7%
541 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.9%
158 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
15 households
Thorplands & Round Spinney · 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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