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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006343

Epsom Downs & Common

Epsom Downs & Common is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,056 residents in Epsom and Ewell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,056

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,314

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

854.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.8%

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.

Battledown & Charlton Kings, Cheltenham12,197 residents · 79.3% owned · 11.5% no carLittle Sutton & Roughley, Birmingham9,160 residents · 86.4% owned · 8.4% no carTwyford West & Charvil, Wokingham9,273 residents · 75.8% owned · 8.9% no carMaidenhead Highway, Windsor and Maidenhead9,803 residents · 76.8% owned · 8.7% no carGodalming South, Waverley7,387 residents · 76.1% owned · 10.8% no carChalfont St Peter West, Buckinghamshire5,819 residents · 77.2% owned · 8.4% no car

Most similar within Epsom and Ewell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ewell East, Epsom and Ewell11,786 residents · 80.2% owned · 11.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Epsom Downs & Common

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

Tenure

Owned83.5%
2,767 households
Private rented11.2%
372 households
Social rented5%
167 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached46.1%
1,528 households
Semi-detached32%
1,061 households
Terraced11.2%
372 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.5%
281 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
47 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.2%
1,366 households
2 cars or vans in household35.8%
1,185 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.9%
462 households
No cars or vans in household9%
299 households
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms42.3%
1,401 households
3 bedrooms35.8%
1,188 households
2 bedrooms19.7%
652 households
1 bedroom2.2%
73 households
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.3%
2,429 households
One-person household21.5%
713 households
Other household types5.1%
170 households
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.8%
1,086 households
1 person in household21.5%
713 households
4 people in household20.9%
691 households
3 people in household17.4%
575 households
5 people in household5.9%
195 households
6 people in household1.1%
38 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.9%
1,805 residents
15–2914.9%
1,348 residents
30–4417.9%
1,619 residents
45–6428.9%
2,614 residents
65 and over18.5%
1,672 residents
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.7%
7,856 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.9%
622 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
360 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
128 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
90 residents
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.8%
3,525 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
1,025 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
951 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
734 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.5%
464 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
245 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
4,400 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.9%
2,543 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.4%
1,869 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,718 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.7%
829 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
808 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.7%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.7%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.7%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.1%
288 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.8%
5,140 residents
Good health31.5%
2,851 residents
Fair health8.7%
792 residents
Bad health2.4%
213 residents
Very bad health0.7%
60 residents
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.4%
7,916 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.6%
1,140 residents
Epsom Downs & Common · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.5%
2,071 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.6%
949 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.6%
251 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
41 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Epsom Downs & Common · 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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