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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005936

Islip, Arncott & Chesterton

Islip, Arncott & Chesterton is a Census neighbourhood of about 13,065 residents in Cherwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

13,065

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,896

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

94

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.3%

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.

Hanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington, Milton Keynes11,676 residents · 72.6% owned · 7.8% no carStansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham, Uttlesford14,839 residents · 74.5% owned · 7.1% no carWaddesdon & Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire9,788 residents · 67.8% owned · 8.4% no carBishops Tachbrook, Barford & Hatton Park, Warwick11,643 residents · 74.4% owned · 7.1% no carMarston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire11,206 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.0% no carBramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes, Basingstoke and Deane11,111 residents · 69.8% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within Cherwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Deddington, Steeple Aston & Heyfords, Cherwell9,463 residents · 69.2% owned · 7.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Islip, Arncott & Chesterton

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

Tenure

Owned72.4%
3,547 households
Private rented12.8%
627 households
Social rented12%
588 households
Shared ownership2.7%
133 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43%
2,103 households
Semi-detached32.8%
1,607 households
Terraced17.6%
864 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.7%
134 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.6%
77 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
52 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
43 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
16 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.5%
1,983 households
1 car or van in household36.2%
1,773 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16%
785 households
No cars or vans in household7.3%
357 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms39.2%
1,919 households
3 bedrooms36.4%
1,784 households
2 bedrooms19.1%
934 households
1 bedroom5.3%
259 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.1%
3,529 households
One-person household21.5%
1,055 households
Other household types6.4%
312 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.5%
1,837 households
1 person in household21.5%
1,055 households
3 people in household17.6%
860 households
4 people in household17.2%
843 households
5 people in household4.6%
224 households
6 people in household1%
51 households
7 people in household0.3%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
2,566 residents
15–2914.7%
1,926 residents
30–4423.7%
3,100 residents
45–6425.8%
3,374 residents
65 and over16.1%
2,097 residents
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.5%
11,562 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
710 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
442 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
230 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
122 residents
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.3%
4,586 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
1,570 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.7%
1,313 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12%
1,248 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
951 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.6%
481 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.5%
6,785 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.1%
3,426 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
2,503 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
2,158 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.4%
1,284 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
1,059 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
960 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.1%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
435 residents aged 16 and over
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.6%
7,137 residents
Good health32.2%
4,203 residents
Fair health10.1%
1,322 residents
Bad health2.4%
309 residents
Very bad health0.7%
93 residents
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
11,324 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,742 residents
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.9%
2,982 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.6%
1,449 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.9%
386 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
77 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Islip, Arncott & Chesterton · 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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