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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005686

Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden

Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,012 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
8,012

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,315

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

92.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.6%

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.

Kingsclere & Heath End, Basingstoke and Deane7,578 residents · 73.8% owned · 8.9% no carStoke Golding, Higham & Fenny Drayton, Hinckley and Bosworth7,406 residents · 80.7% owned · 7.4% no carLeafield, Minster Lovell & Duckington, West Oxfordshire6,543 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.0% no carStilton, Elton & Folksworth, Huntingdonshire5,662 residents · 74.1% owned · 7.1% no carBassingbourn & the Mordens, South Cambridgeshire7,239 residents · 72.5% owned · 6.5% no carFleckney, Kilworth & Foxton, Harborough10,789 residents · 79.6% owned · 6.9% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Woodford Halse, Byfield & Staverton, West Northamptonshire8,497 residents · 74.4% owned · 7.9% no carBrixworth & Spratton, West Northamptonshire8,655 residents · 77.3% owned · 7.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden

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

Tenure

Owned76.5%
2,535 households
Private rented13.2%
437 households
Social rented9.7%
322 households
Shared ownership0.6%
21 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached46.9%
1,557 households
Semi-detached36.2%
1,201 households
Terraced13.3%
440 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.4%
47 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38%
1,261 households
1 car or van in household32.7%
1,085 households
3 or more cars or vans in household20.7%
686 households
No cars or vans in household8.6%
285 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.4%
1,339 households
4 or more bedrooms36.6%
1,213 households
2 bedrooms18.5%
615 households
1 bedroom4.5%
150 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.1%
2,390 households
One-person household24.4%
809 households
Other household types3.5%
116 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.5%
1,311 households
1 person in household24.4%
809 households
3 people in household16%
530 households
4 people in household14.5%
480 households
5 people in household4.6%
153 households
6 people in household0.8%
26 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.2%
1,216 residents
15–2913.5%
1,078 residents
30–4415.7%
1,259 residents
45–6431.6%
2,529 residents
65 and over24.1%
1,928 residents
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.2%
7,781 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
104 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
59 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
32 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
32 residents
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.6%
2,384 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,154 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.4%
964 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
677 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
358 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.6%
4,059 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.5%
2,510 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
1,512 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
1,107 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.9%
929 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.7%
851 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
630 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
602 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
362 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
346 residents aged 16 and over
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.4%
4,039 residents
Good health34.2%
2,742 residents
Fair health11.5%
920 residents
Bad health3.1%
248 residents
Very bad health0.8%
61 residents
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.3%
6,753 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.7%
1,257 residents
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.7%
1,914 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,041 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.5%
316 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
45 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden · 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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