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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006276

Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham

Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,230 residents in West Suffolk. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,230

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,529

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

115.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.5%

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.

Barrington, Orwell & Gamlingay, South Cambridgeshire7,658 residents · 71.8% owned · 8.5% no carPenkridge & Acton Trussell, South Staffordshire10,921 residents · 74.2% owned · 10.6% no carWellesbourne & Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon10,656 residents · 72.0% owned · 8.7% no carKempsey & Ryall, Malvern Hills6,929 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.6% no carCredenhill, Weobley & Wellington, Herefordshire, County of9,584 residents · 70.0% owned · 8.3% no carTidenham & Woolaston, Forest of Dean7,621 residents · 76.2% owned · 9.0% no car

Most similar within West Suffolk

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Barrow, Chedburgh & Sicklesmere, West Suffolk9,731 residents · 76.2% owned · 7.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham

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

Tenure

Owned71.4%
2,519 households
Private rented14%
495 households
Social rented12.1%
426 households
Shared ownership2.5%
87 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached57.9%
2,041 households
Semi-detached26.5%
934 households
Terraced11%
388 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.3%
117 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
13 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.2%
1,383 households
1 car or van in household34%
1,200 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.6%
549 households
No cars or vans in household11.1%
393 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.2%
1,418 households
4 or more bedrooms34%
1,199 households
2 bedrooms21.3%
751 households
1 bedroom4.4%
156 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70%
2,467 households
One-person household26.7%
939 households
Other household types3.3%
116 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%
1,452 households
1 person in household26.6%
939 households
3 people in household16.1%
566 households
4 people in household10.7%
378 households
5 people in household4%
141 households
6 people in household1%
37 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,323 residents
15–2913.9%
1,146 residents
30–4417.8%
1,465 residents
45–6425.2%
2,076 residents
65 and over27%
2,220 residents
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95%
7,819 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
142 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
141 residents
Other ethnic group1%
84 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
44 residents
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.5%
2,289 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.4%
1,189 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
1,128 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
916 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
672 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
406 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.2%
3,835 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.3%
2,886 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
102 residents aged 16 and over
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,535 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,106 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
893 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
879 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.2%
694 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.1%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
349 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.1%
4,040 residents
Good health35.2%
2,898 residents
Fair health11.7%
966 residents
Bad health3%
251 residents
Very bad health0.9%
75 residents
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.5%
6,875 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.5%
1,355 residents
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.1%
1,944 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.9%
1,161 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
367 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
51 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Fornham, Great Barton & Rougham · 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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