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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006191

Little Stoke & Milwich

Little Stoke & Milwich is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,118 residents in Stafford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,118

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,474

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

141.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.2%

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.

Stamford Bridge & Sutton Upon Derwent, East Riding of Yorkshire9,684 residents · 83.3% owned · 8.2% no carSouth Cave, Newbald & Little Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire6,736 residents · 84.4% owned · 6.4% no carThurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North, Mid Suffolk8,870 residents · 79.2% owned · 7.3% no carCaldicot North & Caer-went, Monmouthshire8,510 residents · 82.9% owned · 6.8% no carWalkington, Bishop Burton & Woodmansey, East Riding of Yorkshire9,277 residents · 82.9% owned · 8.3% no carEast Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary, Babergh10,440 residents · 81.6% owned · 7.3% no car

Most similar within Stafford

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Eccleshall & Yarnfield, Stafford9,194 residents · 76.3% owned · 7.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Little Stoke & Milwich

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

Tenure

Owned82.4%
2,864 households
Private rented12.1%
420 households
Social rented4.8%
167 households
Shared ownership0.7%
23 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached65.4%
2,273 households
Semi-detached23.7%
825 households
Terraced6.8%
236 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.3%
80 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.1%
38 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.2%
1,397 households
1 car or van in household37.2%
1,291 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.5%
538 households
No cars or vans in household7.1%
248 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.8%
1,416 households
3 bedrooms37.8%
1,312 households
2 bedrooms18.8%
653 households
1 bedroom2.7%
93 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.8%
2,562 households
One-person household23.4%
813 households
Other household types2.8%
97 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43.7%
1,518 households
1 person in household23.5%
814 households
3 people in household16.1%
558 households
4 people in household12.8%
445 households
5 people in household3%
103 households
6 people in household0.6%
21 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515%
1,218 residents
15–2913.1%
1,062 residents
30–4415.2%
1,234 residents
45–6430.5%
2,479 residents
65 and over26.2%
2,125 residents
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
7,825 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
123 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
113 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
31 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
26 residents
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.2%
2,742 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,191 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
942 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.5%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
582 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.9%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
181 residents aged 16 and over
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.1%
3,967 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.1%
2,740 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
1,734 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,244 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
758 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
635 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.6%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
339 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
307 residents aged 16 and over
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.5%
4,015 residents
Good health35.5%
2,883 residents
Fair health11.6%
943 residents
Bad health2.7%
221 residents
Very bad health0.7%
56 residents
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6%
6,864 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.4%
1,254 residents
Little Stoke & Milwich · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.7%
2,039 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.5%
1,096 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
294 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
45 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Little Stoke & Milwich · 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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