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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005690

Brackley South

Brackley South is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,502 residents in West Northamptonshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for West Northamptonshire
5,502

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,514

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,554.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.5%

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.

St Neots Priory Park, Huntingdonshire6,284 residents · 61.8% owned · 22.1% no carWestbury Town & South, Wiltshire6,955 residents · 63.0% owned · 15.4% no carEast Grinstead Central & North, Mid Sussex13,280 residents · 60.6% owned · 19.4% no carWitham Town, Braintree11,584 residents · 59.7% owned · 20.6% no carBurgess Hill Central, Mid Sussex9,134 residents · 61.9% owned · 25.1% no carAndover Central, Test Valley7,491 residents · 60.5% owned · 21.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brackley South

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

Tenure

Owned62.1%
1,560 households
Private rented21%
527 households
Social rented16.1%
404 households
Shared ownership0.9%
23 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached27.7%
697 households
Semi-detached24.6%
619 households
Terraced22.1%
555 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.4%
514 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.1%
54 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.9%
48 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,061 households
2 cars or vans in household29.2%
735 households
No cars or vans in household17.5%
440 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.1%
280 households
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.5%
942 households
2 bedrooms29.2%
734 households
4 or more bedrooms19%
478 households
1 bedroom14.4%
361 households
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60%
1,509 households
One-person household35%
881 households
Other household types4.9%
124 households
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35%
881 households
2 people in household34.9%
879 households
3 people in household14.7%
371 households
4 people in household10.9%
274 households
5 people in household3.1%
77 households
6 people in household1%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
905 residents
15–2915.9%
874 residents
30–4419.2%
1,057 residents
45–6429%
1,596 residents
65 and over19.4%
1,066 residents
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
5,175 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
148 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
97 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
52 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
32 residents
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.5%
1,342 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.8%
852 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.1%
821 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
640 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
522 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
238 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.8%
2,985 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.9%
1,493 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
59 residents aged 16 and over
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
960 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.7%
666 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.3%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
510 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
501 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
259 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.5%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
2,498 residents
Good health37.1%
2,040 residents
Fair health13.1%
723 residents
Bad health3.3%
180 residents
Very bad health1.1%
60 residents
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.2%
4,577 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.8%
926 residents
Brackley South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.4%
1,242 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
902 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.2%
307 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
58 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Brackley South · 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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