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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006356

Guildford Town Centre

Guildford Town Centre is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,456 residents in Guildford. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,456

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,359

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,161.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

42.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

56.1%

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.

Kingston Riverside, Kingston upon Thames10,561 residents · 46.0% owned · 38.4% no carSurbiton South, Kingston upon Thames7,954 residents · 42.1% owned · 37.2% no carSurbiton North, Kingston upon Thames7,199 residents · 43.9% owned · 40.1% no carWoking Central, Woking10,661 residents · 47.9% owned · 28.7% no carBanister Park & Howard Road, Southampton8,266 residents · 42.3% owned · 29.0% no carPreston Park, Brighton and Hove8,556 residents · 53.0% owned · 37.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Guildford Town Centre

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

Tenure

Private rented43.4%
2,328 households
Owned42.7%
2,288 households
Social rented11.8%
634 households
Shared ownership1.9%
104 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement40.9%
2,191 households
Semi-detached19.1%
1,025 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits14.2%
761 households
Detached11.1%
594 households
Terraced11%
589 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2%
107 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.6%
84 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
8 households
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.9%
2,568 households
No cars or vans in household30.3%
1,622 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
964 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.8%
205 households
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.9%
1,872 households
1 bedroom31.1%
1,668 households
3 bedrooms17.4%
935 households
4 or more bedrooms16.5%
884 households
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household51.4%
2,756 households
One-person household36.7%
1,965 households
Other household types11.9%
638 households
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.7%
1,965 households
2 people in household35.2%
1,888 households
3 people in household13.9%
747 households
4 people in household10.1%
541 households
5 people in household3%
160 households
6 people in household0.7%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.8%
1,467 residents
15–2928.2%
3,235 residents
30–4425.6%
2,937 residents
45–6422.3%
2,556 residents
65 and over11%
1,259 residents
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.1%
9,399 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.9%
908 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%
580 residents
Other ethnic group3%
348 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
220 residents
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above56.1%
5,551 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,685 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.8%
869 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.1%
806 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.3%
526 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
268 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.2%
6,457 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.5%
3,020 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.3%
427 residents aged 16 and over
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.6%
2,333 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
2,236 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.4%
1,329 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.6%
852 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
852 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.3%
726 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.1%
705 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
378 residents aged 16 and over
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.2%
6,437 residents
Good health33%
3,777 residents
Fair health8.2%
935 residents
Bad health1.9%
219 residents
Very bad health0.8%
89 residents
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.7%
10,051 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.3%
1,404 residents
Guildford Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.7%
3,201 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.3%
1,569 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
471 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
105 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
13 households
Guildford Town Centre · 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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