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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006566

Dean, Lavant & Summersdale

Dean, Lavant & Summersdale is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,233 residents in Chichester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,233

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,673

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.2%

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.

Easingwold & Stillington, Hambleton9,305 residents · 69.9% owned · 11.6% no carStocksfield, Riding Mill & Corbridge, Northumberland8,759 residents · 75.9% owned · 11.0% no carWillersey, Chipping Campden & Blockley, Cotswold8,698 residents · 68.4% owned · 8.9% no carWinchcombe & Washbourne, Tewkesbury9,107 residents · 73.0% owned · 8.8% no carLonghoughton & Alnmouth, Northumberland6,694 residents · 67.2% owned · 9.6% no carFramlingham & Hacheston, East Suffolk10,053 residents · 71.2% owned · 8.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dean, Lavant & Summersdale

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

Tenure

Owned68.5%
2,516 households
Private rented16%
587 households
Social rented13.9%
510 households
Shared ownership1.5%
55 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.3%
1,592 households
Semi-detached28.5%
1,045 households
Terraced17.1%
627 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.8%
324 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
35 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.3%
1,555 households
2 cars or vans in household33.3%
1,222 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14%
516 households
No cars or vans in household10.3%
380 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.5%
1,339 households
4 or more bedrooms35.5%
1,305 households
2 bedrooms22.5%
827 households
1 bedroom5.5%
202 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.4%
2,399 households
One-person household29.7%
1,088 households
Other household types4.9%
181 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.3%
1,517 households
1 person in household29.6%
1,088 households
3 people in household13.6%
499 households
4 people in household10.9%
399 households
5 people in household3.3%
120 households
6 people in household1%
36 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514%
1,156 residents
15–2913.2%
1,087 residents
30–4413.6%
1,118 residents
45–6428%
2,310 residents
65 and over31.1%
2,565 residents
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96%
7,901 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
142 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
109 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
51 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
29 residents
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.2%
3,029 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,195 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
914 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12%
844 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.2%
572 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.8%
3,561 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.3%
3,318 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.8%
1,740 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.1%
1,338 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.6%
954 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.3%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.3%
650 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.5%
3,996 residents
Good health35.7%
2,936 residents
Fair health11.9%
982 residents
Bad health3.1%
253 residents
Very bad health0.8%
66 residents
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.2%
6,847 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.8%
1,386 residents
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.5%
2,074 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
1,206 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
333 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
58 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Dean, Lavant & Summersdale · 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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