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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006518

Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes

Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,194 residents in Stratford-on-Avon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,194

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,699

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.7%

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.

Moreton & Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswold10,008 residents · 63.6% owned · 12.9% no carEasingwold & Stillington, Hambleton9,305 residents · 69.9% owned · 11.6% no carPewsey & Lockeridge, Wiltshire7,094 residents · 67.0% owned · 10.6% no carWillersey, Chipping Campden & Blockley, Cotswold8,698 residents · 68.4% owned · 8.9% no carHenfield & Small Dole, Horsham8,956 residents · 69.2% owned · 11.0% no carCastle Cary & Kenton Mandeville, South Somerset9,088 residents · 73.3% owned · 8.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes

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

Tenure

Owned70.1%
3,295 households
Social rented14.4%
678 households
Private rented13.6%
639 households
Shared ownership1.9%
87 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.7%
2,053 households
Semi-detached29.2%
1,373 households
Terraced20.2%
947 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
219 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
40 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
10 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.6%
1,812 households
2 cars or vans in household35.9%
1,687 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.8%
744 households
No cars or vans in household9.7%
456 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.1%
1,649 households
4 or more bedrooms31.6%
1,486 households
2 bedrooms27.9%
1,313 households
1 bedroom5.4%
253 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.4%
3,025 households
One-person household31.9%
1,499 households
Other household types3.7%
173 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.4%
1,898 households
1 person in household31.9%
1,499 households
3 people in household14%
657 households
4 people in household9.8%
462 households
5 people in household2.6%
124 households
6 people in household0.9%
41 households
7 people in household0.3%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.7%
1,393 residents
15–2912.9%
1,312 residents
30–4415.2%
1,552 residents
45–6429.3%
2,984 residents
65 and over29%
2,953 residents
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
9,956 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
115 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
73 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
11 residents
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.7%
3,282 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
1,435 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.8%
1,291 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
1,233 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
812 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
450 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
192 residents aged 16 and over
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.8%
4,934 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.3%
3,674 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
81 residents aged 16 and over
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.4%
1,951 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.9%
1,473 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.8%
1,457 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
917 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
892 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.1%
789 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.5%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
4,827 residents
Good health35.5%
3,614 residents
Fair health12.7%
1,297 residents
Bad health3.6%
365 residents
Very bad health0.9%
91 residents
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
8,425 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
1,772 residents
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.5%
2,609 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
1,532 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.6%
450 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
105 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Shipston-on-Stour & Brailes · 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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