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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006539

Cokeham & Sompting

Cokeham & Sompting is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,294 residents in Adur. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,294

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,114

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

879.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

73.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.9%

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.

Folkestone North East, Folkestone and Hythe7,997 residents · 59.9% owned · 24.6% no carHailsham South & West, Wealden5,791 residents · 70.6% owned · 16.0% no carTotton Town, New Forest7,736 residents · 68.2% owned · 19.8% no carBedworth Woodlands, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,080 residents · 73.7% owned · 20.1% no carCinderford, Forest of Dean12,961 residents · 66.4% owned · 17.6% no carPar, Cornwall6,932 residents · 66.7% owned · 14.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cokeham & Sompting

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

Tenure

Owned73.1%
2,277 households
Social rented14.7%
458 households
Private rented11.7%
363 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.1%
1,468 households
Terraced20.5%
640 households
Detached17.1%
534 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14%
435 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.3%
1,318 households
2 cars or vans in household29%
903 households
No cars or vans in household17.8%
555 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.9%
338 households
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.8%
1,394 households
2 bedrooms31.1%
968 households
4 or more bedrooms12.5%
388 households
1 bedroom11.7%
364 households
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
1,989 households
One-person household29.8%
928 households
Other household types6.4%
199 households
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.3%
1,099 households
1 person in household29.8%
928 households
3 people in household16.3%
507 households
4 people in household12.2%
380 households
5 people in household4.7%
147 households
6 people in household1.2%
37 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,144 residents
15–2914.9%
1,089 residents
30–4418%
1,310 residents
45–6426.5%
1,936 residents
65 and over24.9%
1,816 residents
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.6%
6,902 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
166 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
139 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
57 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
31 residents
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.7%
1,440 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.9%
1,212 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.5%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
937 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
817 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.3%
3,426 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.3%
2,575 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
84 residents aged 16 and over
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%
1,121 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.9%
910 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
847 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.4%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.5%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.8%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.4%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
430 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
281 residents aged 16 and over
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.1%
2,996 residents
Good health36.1%
2,634 residents
Fair health16.1%
1,172 residents
Bad health5.3%
385 residents
Very bad health1.5%
109 residents
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.2%
5,705 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.8%
1,589 residents
Cokeham & Sompting · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40%
1,245 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.5%
1,166 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.3%
540 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
147 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
15 households
Cokeham & Sompting · 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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