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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005688

Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford

Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,744 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
9,744

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,999

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

184.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.1%

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.

Lydiard Millicent & Purton, Wiltshire8,238 residents · 77.9% owned · 7.9% no carStansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no carHanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington, Milton Keynes11,676 residents · 72.6% owned · 7.8% no carBuntingford & Great Hormead, East Hertfordshire9,319 residents · 75.0% owned · 7.8% no carToddington, Heath & Reach, Central Bedfordshire10,698 residents · 77.9% owned · 7.4% no carMarston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire11,206 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.0% no car

Most similar within West Northamptonshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Blisworth, Roade & Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire15,036 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.1% no carWalgrave & Moulton, West Northamptonshire11,574 residents · 77.7% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford

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

Tenure

Owned75.5%
3,020 households
Private rented11.9%
476 households
Social rented10%
398 households
Shared ownership2.6%
105 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.9%
1,675 households
Detached37.3%
1,490 households
Terraced15.5%
620 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.2%
129 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
33 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
9 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39%
1,558 households
1 car or van in household35.9%
1,437 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.3%
692 households
No cars or vans in household7.8%
312 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.6%
1,583 households
4 or more bedrooms34.7%
1,389 households
2 bedrooms21.4%
856 households
1 bedroom4.3%
171 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.1%
2,922 households
One-person household23%
919 households
Other household types4%
159 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.1%
1,524 households
1 person in household23%
919 households
3 people in household17.8%
710 households
4 people in household16.1%
644 households
5 people in household3.9%
157 households
6 people in household0.8%
30 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,736 residents
15–2914%
1,360 residents
30–4420.3%
1,979 residents
45–6428.4%
2,769 residents
65 and over19.5%
1,903 residents
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.7%
9,134 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
228 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
220 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
128 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
36 residents
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.1%
2,686 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
1,372 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,192 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.5%
1,060 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
863 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
508 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.4%
5,077 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34%
2,681 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
1,859 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%
1,462 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12%
946 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
713 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.7%
689 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
421 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
364 residents aged 16 and over
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.9%
5,055 residents
Good health33.6%
3,276 residents
Fair health10.9%
1,062 residents
Bad health2.9%
282 residents
Very bad health0.7%
69 residents
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.8%
8,357 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.2%
1,387 residents
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.8%
2,271 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
1,245 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
417 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford · 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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