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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006236

East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary

East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,440 residents in Babergh. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,440

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,420

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

183.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.7%

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.

Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick, Wiltshire7,016 residents · 80.4% owned · 7.1% no carBarrow, Chedburgh & Sicklesmere, West Suffolk9,731 residents · 76.2% owned · 7.1% no carMulbarton, Tasburgh & Saxlingham Nethergate, South Norfolk10,688 residents · 78.8% owned · 7.4% no carHarpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke, West Northamptonshire8,609 residents · 77.8% owned · 8.1% no carWest Bergholt & Wormingford, Colchester6,566 residents · 80.3% owned · 9.3% no carDownton & Morgan's Vale, Wiltshire7,944 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary

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

Tenure

Owned81.6%
3,607 households
Private rented10%
442 households
Social rented7.4%
328 households
Shared ownership0.9%
41 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached62.4%
2,759 households
Semi-detached24.7%
1,093 households
Terraced9.8%
433 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.8%
79 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
11 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.9%
1,721 households
1 car or van in household35.7%
1,576 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.1%
799 households
No cars or vans in household7.3%
324 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms39.9%
1,763 households
3 bedrooms39.9%
1,762 households
2 bedrooms18.1%
798 households
1 bedroom2.2%
97 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.3%
3,196 households
One-person household24%
1,059 households
Other household types3.7%
165 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.4%
1,875 households
1 person in household24%
1,059 households
4 people in household14.5%
641 households
3 people in household14.4%
638 households
5 people in household3.6%
159 households
6 people in household0.8%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.5%
1,517 residents
15–2912.8%
1,338 residents
30–4414.6%
1,527 residents
45–6429.1%
3,039 residents
65 and over28.9%
3,023 residents
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
10,177 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
150 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
71 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
25 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
18 residents
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.7%
2,970 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,500 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.2%
1,334 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
871 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
532 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
211 residents aged 16 and over
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
4,835 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.3%
3,811 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
154 residents aged 16 and over
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.1%
2,126 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,500 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
1,155 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13%
1,143 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
909 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
736 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
411 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
393 residents aged 16 and over
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
5,150 residents
Good health34.5%
3,602 residents
Fair health12.5%
1,305 residents
Bad health2.9%
305 residents
Very bad health0.7%
78 residents
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.2%
8,791 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.8%
1,649 residents
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.7%
2,418 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%
1,506 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10%
443 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
52 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
East Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary · 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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