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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006315

Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham

Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,842 residents in East Suffolk. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,842

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,811

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.6%

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.

Pickering & Thornton Dale, Ryedale10,614 residents · 71.6% owned · 14.9% no carWells & Blakeney, North Norfolk5,834 residents · 61.0% owned · 13.8% no carLyme Regis, Charmouth & Marshwood Vale, Dorset7,173 residents · 72.1% owned · 12.9% no carBrancaster, Burnham Market & Docking, King's Lynn and West Norfolk6,541 residents · 65.4% owned · 8.7% no carDersingham, Sandringham & Massingham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,047 residents · 68.1% owned · 11.5% no carOverstrand, Roughton & the Runtons, North Norfolk6,954 residents · 77.4% owned · 10.7% no car

Most similar within East Suffolk

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Halesworth & Wangford, East Suffolk7,073 residents · 68.8% owned · 15.7% no carSaxmundham & Coldfair Green, East Suffolk9,699 residents · 65.8% owned · 12.9% no carBungay & the Saints, East Suffolk7,261 residents · 67.3% owned · 12.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham

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

Tenure

Owned70%
1,968 households
Social rented15%
421 households
Private rented13.9%
391 households
Shared ownership1%
29 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached45.2%
1,267 households
Semi-detached27.9%
782 households
Terraced19.8%
555 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4%
111 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.7%
47 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.7%
1,257 households
2 cars or vans in household29.2%
820 households
No cars or vans in household13.5%
379 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.6%
354 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.4%
1,249 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
725 households
4 or more bedrooms23%
647 households
1 bedroom6.8%
191 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.1%
1,744 households
One-person household34.7%
974 households
Other household types3.2%
90 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.3%
1,189 households
1 person in household34.7%
974 households
3 people in household11.6%
327 households
4 people in household8%
224 households
5 people in household2.5%
71 households
6 people in household0.6%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512%
703 residents
15–2911.1%
650 residents
30–4412.1%
710 residents
45–6428.2%
1,646 residents
65 and over36.5%
2,136 residents
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
5,699 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
52 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
41 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
31 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
22 residents
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.6%
1,559 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.2%
979 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
813 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
729 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
506 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
367 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive52.9%
2,693 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)46%
2,339 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
56 residents aged 16 and over
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.7%
1,055 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.7%
899 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
660 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.4%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.3%
574 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
493 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.1%
310 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.9%
301 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.2%
165 residents aged 16 and over
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.5%
2,425 residents
Good health37.1%
2,169 residents
Fair health16%
937 residents
Bad health4.2%
243 residents
Very bad health1.2%
68 residents
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.1%
4,564 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.9%
1,278 residents
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.8%
1,314 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%
1,051 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.2%
371 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
68 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Southwold, Reydon & Wrentham · 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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