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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006440

Farnham Upper Hale

Farnham Upper Hale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,195 residents in Waverley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,195

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,887

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,665.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.8%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Farnham Upper Hale

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

Tenure

Owned78.1%
2,256 households
Private rented11.6%
335 households
Social rented10%
288 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached47.3%
1,364 households
Semi-detached26%
750 households
Terraced19.2%
554 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.8%
168 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40%
1,153 households
1 car or van in household36.6%
1,055 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.2%
439 households
No cars or vans in household8.2%
238 households
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44%
1,270 households
4 or more bedrooms34.1%
984 households
2 bedrooms17.5%
506 households
1 bedroom4.4%
126 households
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.8%
2,044 households
One-person household23%
664 households
Other household types6.3%
181 households
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36%
1,039 households
1 person in household23%
664 households
3 people in household18.3%
528 households
4 people in household17.1%
493 households
5 people in household3.7%
108 households
6 people in household1.4%
39 households
7 people in household0.5%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,230 residents
15–2915.6%
1,125 residents
30–4418.4%
1,324 residents
45–6428.1%
2,021 residents
65 and over20.8%
1,496 residents
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.6%
6,664 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.4%
247 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
152 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
81 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
50 residents
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.8%
2,397 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
803 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.5%
678 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
526 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
312 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
158 residents aged 16 and over
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.8%
3,631 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.6%
2,092 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
1,446 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.7%
1,156 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
713 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.9%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.9%
522 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.3%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
288 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
3,709 residents
Good health34.8%
2,506 residents
Fair health10.6%
765 residents
Bad health2.2%
155 residents
Very bad health0.8%
60 residents
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.3%
6,139 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.7%
1,056 residents
Farnham Upper Hale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.1%
1,677 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
899 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.4%
271 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
39 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Farnham Upper Hale · 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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