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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005729

Wylam & Ovingham

Wylam & Ovingham is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,578 residents in Northumberland. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Northumberland
5,578

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,507

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

104.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.9%

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.

Sedgefield & Bishop Middleham, County Durham7,029 residents · 75.5% owned · 11.9% no carWest Cockermouth & Great Broughton, Allerdale8,197 residents · 72.1% owned · 12.8% no carGreenfield & Uppermill, Oldham6,000 residents · 78.4% owned · 16.2% no carHathersage, Bradwell & Tideswell, Derbyshire Dales7,260 residents · 73.6% owned · 11.0% no carEast Cockermouth & Buttermere, Allerdale7,732 residents · 76.2% owned · 12.1% no carDiggle, Delph & Denshaw, Oldham5,502 residents · 76.9% owned · 13.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wylam & Ovingham

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

Tenure

Owned73.1%
1,832 households
Private rented14.6%
367 households
Social rented11.6%
291 households
Shared ownership0.6%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced38.2%
957 households
Detached28.7%
719 households
Semi-detached27.3%
684 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.4%
85 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
26 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,122 households
2 cars or vans in household33.1%
829 households
No cars or vans in household11.5%
289 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.6%
266 households
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.5%
991 households
4 or more bedrooms30.6%
766 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
558 households
1 bedroom7.6%
191 households
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.4%
1,666 households
One-person household31%
777 households
Other household types2.7%
67 households
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.7%
971 households
1 person in household31%
778 households
3 people in household14.5%
363 households
4 people in household12.3%
308 households
5 people in household3.1%
78 households
6 people in household0.3%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
7 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.2%
794 residents
15–2912%
668 residents
30–4414.9%
829 residents
45–6431.8%
1,774 residents
65 and over27.1%
1,513 residents
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.9%
5,459 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
60 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
41 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
9 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
9 residents
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.9%
2,167 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
757 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.7%
598 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.6%
549 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.7%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
86 residents aged 16 and over
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.4%
2,614 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.3%
2,041 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
60 residents aged 16 and over
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.9%
1,271 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.3%
910 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.4%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.7%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.1%
335 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
242 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.7%
2,715 residents
Good health33.6%
1,873 residents
Fair health13%
726 residents
Bad health3.7%
204 residents
Very bad health1%
58 residents
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
4,569 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,008 residents
Wylam & Ovingham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.6%
1,419 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.8%
796 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.5%
239 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
50 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Wylam & Ovingham · 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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