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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006362

Ashtead East

Ashtead East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,903 residents in Mole Valley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,903

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,741

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,232.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.6%

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.

Hassocks, Keymer & East Hurstpierpoint, Mid Sussex10,039 residents · 81.3% owned · 12.7% no carHarrogate West & Pannal Ash, Harrogate11,054 residents · 80.8% owned · 10.8% no carKemsing & Otford, Sevenoaks7,566 residents · 81.9% owned · 8.6% no carSonning & Woodley North, Wokingham7,670 residents · 83.5% owned · 9.1% no carBramhall North East, Stockport6,667 residents · 86.2% owned · 7.1% no carHildenborough, Tonbridge and Malling6,614 residents · 83.0% owned · 9.7% no car

Most similar within Mole Valley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ashtead West, Mole Valley6,054 residents · 81.3% owned · 9.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ashtead East

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

Tenure

Owned80.5%
2,206 households
Social rented9.9%
271 households
Private rented9.2%
253 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached42.3%
1,159 households
Detached39.4%
1,079 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.2%
251 households
Terraced6%
164 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.8%
50 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.8%
1,120 households
2 cars or vans in household33.8%
928 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.4%
421 households
No cars or vans in household10%
273 households
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms41.9%
1,147 households
3 bedrooms35%
959 households
2 bedrooms16.4%
449 households
1 bedroom6.8%
185 households
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.4%
1,929 households
One-person household25.1%
689 households
Other household types4.5%
123 households
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.8%
925 households
1 person in household25.1%
689 households
4 people in household18.2%
500 households
3 people in household16.1%
441 households
5 people in household5.4%
148 households
6 people in household0.9%
24 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.1%
1,249 residents
15–2913.9%
961 residents
30–4415%
1,034 residents
45–6429.3%
2,023 residents
65 and over23.6%
1,631 residents
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.8%
6,267 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%
303 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
211 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
70 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
51 residents
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.6%
2,757 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.4%
802 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
735 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.1%
562 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.3%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.1%
3,174 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.2%
2,290 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
92 residents aged 16 and over
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.6%
1,423 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.8%
1,379 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%
630 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
398 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.5%
250 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
215 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.3%
3,814 residents
Good health32.4%
2,240 residents
Fair health9.3%
639 residents
Bad health2.5%
175 residents
Very bad health0.5%
35 residents
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.2%
5,952 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.8%
951 residents
Ashtead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.4%
1,629 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
851 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.6%
236 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.8%
23 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Ashtead East · 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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