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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006555

South Bersted

South Bersted is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,695 residents in Arun. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,695

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,234

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,316.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.6%

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.

Daventry Central, West Northamptonshire9,425 residents · 57.4% owned · 21.4% no carGaywood Chase & Old Gaywood, King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,359 residents · 59.7% owned · 23.1% no carWestham South, Dorset7,705 residents · 63.0% owned · 26.1% no carBitterne East, Southampton8,086 residents · 61.7% owned · 23.2% no carChard West, South Somerset6,940 residents · 55.9% owned · 23.0% no carSilverhill, Hastings8,796 residents · 63.8% owned · 24.1% no car

Most similar within Arun

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hawthorn Road, Arun7,768 residents · 53.6% owned · 24.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in South Bersted

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

Tenure

Owned54.7%
1,768 households
Private rented24.1%
781 households
Social rented20.3%
657 households
Shared ownership0.7%
23 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached30.1%
973 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26%
841 households
Terraced25.4%
823 households
Detached11.6%
374 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.7%
184 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,358 households
2 cars or vans in household24.7%
800 households
No cars or vans in household24.6%
794 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.7%
281 households
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.3%
1,142 households
3 bedrooms35.2%
1,138 households
1 bedroom19%
615 households
4 or more bedrooms10.5%
339 households
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.5%
1,925 households
One-person household30.7%
994 households
Other household types9.7%
315 households
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.6%
1,086 households
1 person in household30.7%
994 households
3 people in household16.6%
537 households
4 people in household12.8%
414 households
5 people in household4.2%
137 households
6 people in household1.2%
39 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,248 residents
15–2918.9%
1,453 residents
30–4419.5%
1,497 residents
45–6426.3%
2,020 residents
65 and over19.2%
1,477 residents
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
7,336 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
126 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
116 residents
Other ethnic group1%
79 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
39 residents
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.3%
1,483 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.6%
1,313 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.4%
1,173 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
933 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.2%
774 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.8%
434 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4%
257 residents aged 16 and over
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
3,752 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.6%
2,456 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
157 residents aged 16 and over
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.9%
1,138 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.1%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.4%
983 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.6%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
633 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.1%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.4%
474 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.5%
348 residents aged 16 and over
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.6%
3,202 residents
Good health36.8%
2,831 residents
Fair health15.3%
1,180 residents
Bad health4.9%
377 residents
Very bad health1.4%
105 residents
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.9%
6,074 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.1%
1,623 residents
South Bersted · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.2%
1,267 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37%
1,196 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.2%
588 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.2%
169 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
14 households
South Bersted · 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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