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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005941

Summertown

Summertown is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,084 residents in Oxford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,084

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,748

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,744.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

66.4%

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.

North Barnes, Richmond upon Thames10,130 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.4% no carWest Chesterton, Cambridge8,485 residents · 52.1% owned · 35.1% no carHampton Wick & Teddington East, Richmond upon Thames10,755 residents · 61.6% owned · 25.6% no carSouth Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne9,336 residents · 69.0% owned · 24.9% no carChiswick South East, Hounslow8,976 residents · 55.1% owned · 33.0% no carQueen's Road, Richmond upon Thames6,301 residents · 50.4% owned · 37.1% no car

Most similar within Oxford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wolvercote & Cutteslowe, Oxford6,154 residents · 64.6% owned · 22.0% no carNorth Central Oxford, Oxford6,248 residents · 59.0% owned · 27.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Summertown

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

Tenure

Owned53.8%
1,479 households
Private rented31.1%
854 households
Social rented14.4%
395 households
Shared ownership0.7%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached29.4%
807 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement27.4%
752 households
Terraced23.7%
652 households
Detached12.4%
342 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.1%
141 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
36 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49%
1,347 households
No cars or vans in household30.8%
846 households
2 cars or vans in household16.7%
459 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
96 households
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32.5%
893 households
3 bedrooms27.7%
762 households
2 bedrooms24.1%
662 households
1 bedroom15.7%
432 households
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.7%
1,614 households
One-person household33.1%
909 households
Other household types8.2%
225 households
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.5%
921 households
1 person in household33.1%
909 households
3 people in household14.6%
400 households
4 people in household12.9%
355 households
5 people in household4.3%
117 households
6 people in household1.4%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
1,386 residents
15–2922%
1,558 residents
30–4417%
1,205 residents
45–6423.5%
1,662 residents
65 and over18%
1,272 residents
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79.5%
5,632 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.3%
662 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.7%
332 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
293 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
165 residents
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above66.4%
3,651 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.6%
584 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications8.2%
451 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.5%
411 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4%
219 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
100 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.5%
85 residents aged 16 and over
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.1%
3,084 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.4%
2,274 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations31.3%
1,721 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.9%
1,259 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students15.4%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.5%
355 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.3%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
257 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.5%
247 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.8%
4,164 residents
Good health29.7%
2,102 residents
Fair health8.9%
628 residents
Bad health2.3%
162 residents
Very bad health0.4%
28 residents
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.1%
6,168 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.9%
916 residents
Summertown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62%
1,705 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.3%
779 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
215 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
47 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Summertown · 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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