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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005991

Wantage Town

Wantage Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,067 residents in Vale of White Horse. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,067

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,468

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,709.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.2%

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.

Witney East, West Oxfordshire11,773 residents · 68.7% owned · 13.3% no carSaffron Walden Town, Uttlesford13,129 residents · 62.2% owned · 16.4% no carCentral Havant & Langstone, Havant10,315 residents · 70.9% owned · 18.2% no carBuckingham North, Buckinghamshire6,752 residents · 60.8% owned · 16.5% no carAlton Ashdell, Whitedown & Amery, East Hampshire10,712 residents · 75.7% owned · 10.7% no carFareham Town & Cams Hill, Fareham10,113 residents · 75.3% owned · 16.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wantage Town

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

Tenure

Owned68.6%
3,064 households
Private rented14.8%
663 households
Social rented14.7%
657 households
Shared ownership1.9%
83 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached34.2%
1,529 households
Detached25.2%
1,127 households
Terraced21.4%
955 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.1%
674 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.5%
69 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
56 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
53 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.9%
1,826 households
2 cars or vans in household32.7%
1,462 households
No cars or vans in household15.3%
682 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.1%
497 households
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.5%
1,718 households
4 or more bedrooms29.7%
1,327 households
2 bedrooms21.8%
973 households
1 bedroom10.1%
449 households
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64%
2,861 households
One-person household31.7%
1,415 households
Other household types4.3%
192 households
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.5%
1,631 households
1 person in household31.7%
1,415 households
3 people in household14.8%
663 households
4 people in household12.5%
558 households
5 people in household3.4%
151 households
6 people in household0.8%
34 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,621 residents
15–2915.9%
1,604 residents
30–4419.4%
1,950 residents
45–6426.6%
2,681 residents
65 and over22%
2,215 residents
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.3%
9,499 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2%
205 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
176 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.2%
121 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
71 residents
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.2%
3,273 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.6%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.5%
1,125 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
1,087 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
808 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
441 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.3%
5,279 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.4%
2,956 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.9%
1,911 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%
1,553 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
1,069 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.5%
957 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.6%
805 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.8%
4,917 residents
Good health35.3%
3,550 residents
Fair health12%
1,213 residents
Bad health3.1%
313 residents
Very bad health0.7%
74 residents
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.8%
8,438 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.2%
1,629 residents
Wantage Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.4%
2,474 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.1%
1,432 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.9%
486 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.5%
69 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
6 households
Wantage Town · 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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