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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006609

Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne

Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,889 residents in Mid Sussex. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,889

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,735

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

96.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.4%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne

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

Tenure

Owned76.4%
2,090 households
Private rented13.5%
368 households
Social rented9.7%
266 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached47.5%
1,298 households
Semi-detached32.4%
887 households
Terraced10.5%
288 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.1%
166 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2%
55 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
21 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39%
1,066 households
1 car or van in household33.7%
922 households
3 or more cars or vans in household20.7%
567 households
No cars or vans in household6.6%
180 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.1%
1,098 households
3 bedrooms35.6%
974 households
2 bedrooms17.7%
485 households
1 bedroom6.5%
178 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.8%
1,934 households
One-person household23.9%
654 households
Other household types5.3%
144 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.7%
1,087 households
1 person in household23.9%
654 households
3 people in household16.2%
443 households
4 people in household14.3%
390 households
5 people in household4.5%
124 households
6 people in household1%
27 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,126 residents
15–2914.6%
1,006 residents
30–4415.6%
1,072 residents
45–6430.3%
2,088 residents
65 and over23.2%
1,598 residents
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.1%
6,622 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
122 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
91 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
31 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
26 residents
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.4%
2,397 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
826 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.1%
627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
409 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59%
3,332 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.7%
2,243 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.1%
1,415 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.5%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.9%
898 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
633 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.3%
414 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
357 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.6%
205 residents aged 16 and over
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.9%
3,785 residents
Good health31.8%
2,189 residents
Fair health10.2%
700 residents
Bad health2.6%
176 residents
Very bad health0.6%
39 residents
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
5,943 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
946 residents
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.4%
1,653 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
828 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.1%
223 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne · 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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