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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006592

Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green

Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,678 residents in Horsham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,678

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,561

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

127.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.4%

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.

Newton Longville & Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire5,789 residents · 81.4% owned · 5.0% no carDatchworth, Walkern & Cottered, East Hertfordshire8,115 residents · 72.9% owned · 6.2% no carWrington, Felton & Dundry, North Somerset6,328 residents · 81.8% owned · 6.1% no carChailey, Newick & Barcombe, Lewes7,650 residents · 74.3% owned · 6.2% no carHatfield Heath, Hallingburys & Rodings, Uttlesford7,793 residents · 72.9% owned · 5.7% no carDunton Bassett, Claybrooke & Swinford, Harborough10,232 residents · 80.9% owned · 5.2% no car

Most similar within Horsham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ashington & Washington, Horsham8,716 residents · 77.6% owned · 4.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green

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

Tenure

Owned78.9%
2,021 households
Private rented11%
282 households
Social rented8.9%
227 households
Shared ownership1.2%
31 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached54.8%
1,404 households
Semi-detached26.1%
669 households
Terraced8.8%
226 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.9%
176 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.2%
32 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
12 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.7%
1,044 households
1 car or van in household27.9%
716 households
3 or more cars or vans in household25.3%
649 households
No cars or vans in household6%
154 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms41.5%
1,062 households
3 bedrooms35.5%
908 households
2 bedrooms16.7%
427 households
1 bedroom6.4%
163 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.5%
1,830 households
One-person household22.7%
581 households
Other household types5.8%
149 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.1%
1,002 households
1 person in household22.7%
581 households
4 people in household15.7%
402 households
3 people in household15.6%
401 households
5 people in household4.9%
126 households
6 people in household1.5%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.4%
1,096 residents
15–2914.9%
995 residents
30–4414.8%
987 residents
45–6430.5%
2,039 residents
65 and over23.4%
1,559 residents
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.5%
6,377 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
188 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
74 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
23 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
15 residents
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.4%
2,106 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
982 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
832 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.3%
673 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
505 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.4%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
144 residents aged 16 and over
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.4%
3,257 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.3%
2,153 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
73 residents aged 16 and over
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
1,337 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.4%
1,064 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.7%
917 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.3%
401 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.9%
325 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
312 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
285 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.7%
3,588 residents
Good health32.7%
2,187 residents
Fair health10%
671 residents
Bad health2.5%
168 residents
Very bad health1%
64 residents
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.3%
5,695 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.7%
983 residents
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.3%
1,517 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
798 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.2%
210 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
32 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green · 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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