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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006589

Littlehaven

Littlehaven is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,343 residents in Horsham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,343

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,635

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,385

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.5%

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.

East Grinstead East, Mid Sussex8,350 residents · 81.1% owned · 6.6% no carGrove Green, Maidstone8,041 residents · 83.8% owned · 8.1% no carFrimley Green, Surrey Heath5,542 residents · 80.6% owned · 7.1% no carPurley on Thames, West Berkshire6,730 residents · 82.5% owned · 7.5% no carNewbury Wash Common, West Berkshire9,589 residents · 77.2% owned · 9.2% no carEast Grinstead West & South, Mid Sussex7,960 residents · 84.3% owned · 9.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Littlehaven

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

Tenure

Owned81.1%
3,759 households
Private rented11.3%
526 households
Social rented6.2%
286 households
Shared ownership1.4%
63 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.9%
2,036 households
Semi-detached26.5%
1,230 households
Terraced23.3%
1,081 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.1%
237 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.9%
1,804 households
1 car or van in household38.9%
1,803 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.3%
664 households
No cars or vans in household7.9%
364 households
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.2%
1,771 households
4 or more bedrooms36.4%
1,688 households
2 bedrooms18.7%
866 households
1 bedroom6.7%
310 households
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household73.5%
3,409 households
One-person household23.1%
1,069 households
Other household types3.4%
157 households
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.6%
1,787 households
1 person in household23.1%
1,069 households
3 people in household17%
790 households
4 people in household16.3%
757 households
5 people in household3.9%
182 households
6 people in household0.8%
39 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.6%
1,884 residents
15–2913.7%
1,557 residents
30–4418.5%
2,102 residents
45–6430%
3,407 residents
65 and over21.1%
2,395 residents
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.3%
10,578 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.7%
414 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
225 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
72 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
51 residents
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.5%
3,590 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,731 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,470 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
974 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.5%
883 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
452 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.9%
5,874 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.6%
3,319 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.7%
2,491 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,764 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15%
1,398 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.1%
940 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
900 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
602 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.8%
355 residents aged 16 and over
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.5%
6,064 residents
Good health33.8%
3,832 residents
Fair health10%
1,136 residents
Bad health2.2%
244 residents
Very bad health0.6%
68 residents
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.7%
9,840 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.3%
1,503 residents
Littlehaven · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.3%
2,841 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
1,403 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.5%
347 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
40 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Littlehaven · 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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