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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005987

Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon

Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,298 residents in Vale of White Horse. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,298

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,172

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

275.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.2%

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.

Brampton, the Stukeleys and the Alconburys, Huntingdonshire11,548 residents · 70.6% owned · 9.8% no carWillingham & Over, South Cambridgeshire7,239 residents · 75.1% owned · 8.7% no carDeanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford, West Northamptonshire9,744 residents · 75.5% owned · 7.8% no carBlisworth, Roade & Yardley Gobion, West Northamptonshire15,036 residents · 75.4% owned · 8.1% no carMarston Moretaine, Lidlington & Woburn, Central Bedfordshire11,206 residents · 69.3% owned · 8.0% no carWymondham East & Spooner Row, South Norfolk12,818 residents · 72.5% owned · 10.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon

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

Tenure

Owned70.1%
2,926 households
Social rented18.2%
758 households
Private rented9.5%
397 households
Shared ownership2.2%
91 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.1%
1,796 households
Semi-detached33.7%
1,403 households
Terraced14%
585 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7%
291 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
28 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.9%
1,663 households
1 car or van in household37%
1,543 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.3%
597 households
No cars or vans in household8.8%
368 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.9%
1,580 households
4 or more bedrooms34.3%
1,429 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
878 households
1 bedroom6.8%
284 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.7%
2,949 households
One-person household23.7%
991 households
Other household types5.6%
234 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
1,516 households
1 person in household23.8%
991 households
3 people in household18.2%
758 households
4 people in household15%
627 households
5 people in household5%
208 households
6 people in household1.3%
54 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
2,071 residents
15–2914.8%
1,526 residents
30–4421.9%
2,254 residents
45–6425.7%
2,648 residents
65 and over17.5%
1,798 residents
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.5%
9,625 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
262 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
193 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
147 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
71 residents
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.2%
3,351 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.9%
1,296 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14%
1,134 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
1,007 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
745 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
416 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.9%
5,353 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.5%
2,642 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
132 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,832 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.6%
1,756 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
953 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
925 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
701 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
412 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
372 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.2%
5,373 residents
Good health33.6%
3,462 residents
Fair health11%
1,137 residents
Bad health2.5%
261 residents
Very bad health0.6%
64 residents
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
8,763 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,533 residents
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.2%
2,302 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
1,363 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
434 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
72 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon · 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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