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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005933

Bicester East

Bicester East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,715 residents in Cherwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,715

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,101

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,300.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.4%

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.

Newbury Clay Hill, West Berkshire6,978 residents · 57.8% owned · 15.6% no carViables, Basingstoke and Deane8,123 residents · 72.4% owned · 10.7% no carSt Neots Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire10,541 residents · 65.2% owned · 15.6% no carMaidenbower West & Furnace Green, Crawley9,481 residents · 62.7% owned · 16.8% no carDunstable West, Central Bedfordshire10,668 residents · 67.7% owned · 14.0% no carEgham Hythe & Pooley Green, Runnymede9,753 residents · 65.0% owned · 14.5% no car

Most similar within Cherwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bicester West, Cherwell8,847 residents · 72.5% owned · 15.1% no carBanbury Hardwick, Cherwell8,840 residents · 61.3% owned · 13.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bicester East

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

Tenure

Owned67.7%
2,099 households
Private rented18.2%
563 households
Social rented13.1%
406 households
Shared ownership1%
32 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.7%
1,264 households
Terraced34.2%
1,060 households
Detached19.6%
609 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.8%
148 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,335 households
2 cars or vans in household31.3%
970 households
No cars or vans in household15%
465 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.7%
332 households
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52%
1,613 households
2 bedrooms23.3%
723 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
548 households
1 bedroom7.1%
220 households
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.9%
2,110 households
One-person household23.7%
737 households
Other household types8.3%
259 households
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.7%
1,109 households
1 person in household23.7%
737 households
3 people in household18.9%
588 households
4 people in household14.2%
440 households
5 people in household5.4%
169 households
6 people in household1.5%
46 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.7%
1,285 residents
15–2917.8%
1,373 residents
30–4422.4%
1,725 residents
45–6427.1%
2,087 residents
65 and over16.1%
1,239 residents
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89%
6,868 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
390 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.8%
214 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
140 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
101 residents
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.4%
1,799 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.1%
1,144 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
968 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
797 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
338 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
201 residents aged 16 and over
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.5%
4,332 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.9%
1,891 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.6%
1,304 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.2%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
919 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
839 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.3%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
306 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
277 residents aged 16 and over
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.9%
3,771 residents
Good health35.7%
2,757 residents
Fair health11.5%
887 residents
Bad health2.9%
225 residents
Very bad health1%
76 residents
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
6,566 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,149 residents
Bicester East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.8%
1,545 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.6%
1,105 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12%
371 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
78 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Bicester East · 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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