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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006598

Cowfold & Partridge Green

Cowfold & Partridge Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,454 residents in Horsham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,454

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,258

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

103.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.5%

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.

Stoke Golding, Higham & Fenny Drayton, Hinckley and Bosworth7,406 residents · 80.7% owned · 7.4% no carFeniton & Whimple, East Devon8,894 residents · 77.7% owned · 6.0% no carMiddleton Cheney & Chipping Warden, West Northamptonshire8,012 residents · 76.5% owned · 8.6% no carPanfield, Finchingfield & Bardfield, Braintree6,279 residents · 74.2% owned · 6.9% no carWhitehill & Selborne, East Hampshire6,206 residents · 75.3% owned · 6.4% no carLeafield, Minster Lovell & Duckington, West Oxfordshire6,543 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.0% no car

Most similar within Horsham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rudgwick, Slinfold & Barns Green, Horsham6,678 residents · 78.9% owned · 6.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cowfold & Partridge Green

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

Tenure

Owned79.3%
1,790 households
Private rented13.4%
303 households
Social rented6.9%
156 households
Shared ownership0.4%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.1%
995 households
Semi-detached30.1%
679 households
Terraced17.1%
387 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
107 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.8%
41 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
7 households
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.8%
898 households
1 car or van in household31.8%
718 households
3 or more cars or vans in household23.3%
526 households
No cars or vans in household5.2%
117 households
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.2%
929 households
4 or more bedrooms32.2%
727 households
2 bedrooms21%
474 households
1 bedroom5.6%
127 households
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.4%
1,612 households
One-person household23.6%
532 households
Other household types5%
114 households
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.6%
917 households
1 person in household23.6%
532 households
3 people in household16.6%
375 households
4 people in household14.9%
336 households
5 people in household3.4%
76 households
6 people in household0.8%
18 households
7 people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.9%
760 residents
15–2913.6%
742 residents
30–4414.6%
798 residents
45–6433%
1,802 residents
65 and over24.8%
1,355 residents
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
5,291 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
85 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
49 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
21 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
10 residents
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.5%
1,549 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
892 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
726 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.7%
589 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
453 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.6%
2,805 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.7%
1,744 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
1,128 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
772 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.9%
738 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
596 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.2%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
243 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
216 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
2,770 residents
Good health33.5%
1,825 residents
Fair health11.8%
641 residents
Bad health2.8%
154 residents
Very bad health1.2%
64 residents
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.7%
4,620 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.3%
835 residents
Cowfold & Partridge Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.1%
1,312 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
723 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
197 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
23 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Cowfold & Partridge 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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