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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006584

Bewbush

Bewbush is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,840 residents in Crawley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,840

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,947

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,900.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.5%

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.

Houghton Regis North, Central Bedfordshire9,606 residents · 54.3% owned · 18.4% no carGreenlands, Redditch6,783 residents · 49.3% owned · 23.3% no carGrovehill, Dacorum7,780 residents · 51.3% owned · 17.8% no carKingsmoor, Harlow7,733 residents · 56.0% owned · 20.1% no carTree Estate, Dartford6,733 residents · 51.0% owned · 25.0% no carAndover Newbury Road, Test Valley7,373 residents · 43.5% owned · 24.9% no car

Most similar within Crawley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ewhurst & West Green, Crawley9,091 residents · 51.5% owned · 23.6% no carTilgate, Crawley8,314 residents · 57.0% owned · 22.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bewbush

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

Tenure

Owned47%
1,384 households
Social rented36.3%
1,069 households
Private rented14.9%
440 households
Shared ownership1.4%
40 households
Lives rent free0.5%
14 households
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced55.5%
1,635 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement28.5%
839 households
Semi-detached12%
353 households
Detached3%
88 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.4%
1,251 households
2 cars or vans in household28.8%
849 households
No cars or vans in household21%
618 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.8%
231 households
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.9%
1,707 households
2 bedrooms18.3%
539 households
1 bedroom16.9%
497 households
4 or more bedrooms7%
206 households
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
1,927 households
One-person household25%
739 households
Other household types9.7%
286 households
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.1%
830 households
1 person in household25.1%
739 households
3 people in household19.2%
565 households
4 people in household16.8%
494 households
5 people in household7.2%
212 households
6 people in household2.6%
78 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
18 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.3%
1,672 residents
15–2918.9%
1,484 residents
30–4423.9%
1,875 residents
45–6425.5%
2,002 residents
65 and over10.3%
806 residents
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.2%
5,896 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12.5%
976 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.4%
425 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
360 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
181 residents
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications21.3%
1,293 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.5%
1,245 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications18.6%
1,130 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications15.5%
941 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
940 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.3%
321 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
192 residents aged 16 and over
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.5%
4,031 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.7%
1,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
113 residents aged 16 and over
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18%
1,093 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.6%
949 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.6%
827 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.2%
556 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
480 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.7%
407 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
376 residents aged 16 and over
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.8%
3,589 residents
Good health35.5%
2,786 residents
Fair health12.7%
997 residents
Bad health4.6%
357 residents
Very bad health1.4%
111 residents
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
6,459 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,381 residents
Bewbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.4%
1,131 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.6%
1,078 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.6%
578 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.2%
152 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Bewbush · 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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