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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006651

Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone

Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,282 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
7,282

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,949

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.4%

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.

Frant & Groombridge, Wealden6,405 residents · 80.1% owned · 5.3% no carSwanmore, Hambledon & West Meon, Winchester8,962 residents · 76.8% owned · 5.5% no carWymeswold, Rearsby & Cossington, Charnwood6,285 residents · 84.6% owned · 5.9% no carTilton, Billesdon & Great Easton, Harborough6,405 residents · 77.9% owned · 4.2% no carDunton Bassett, Claybrooke & Swinford, Harborough10,232 residents · 80.9% owned · 5.2% no carCrowle & Tibberton, Wychavon5,805 residents · 80.4% owned · 3.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone

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

Tenure

Owned77.9%
2,297 households
Private rented14%
413 households
Social rented7.5%
220 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached55.9%
1,652 households
Semi-detached28.4%
839 households
Terraced12.4%
367 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.4%
40 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.5%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household42.8%
1,264 households
1 car or van in household30.2%
891 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22%
650 households
No cars or vans in household5%
149 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms46.6%
1,377 households
3 bedrooms34.6%
1,023 households
2 bedrooms15.4%
456 households
1 bedroom3.4%
99 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.7%
2,146 households
One-person household22.5%
663 households
Other household types4.8%
142 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.1%
1,245 households
1 person in household22.4%
663 households
3 people in household15.9%
470 households
4 people in household13.6%
403 households
5 people in household4.4%
130 households
6 people in household1.1%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
1,134 residents
15–2913.3%
971 residents
30–4414.5%
1,053 residents
45–6432.9%
2,397 residents
65 and over23.7%
1,728 residents
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.9%
6,982 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
136 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
86 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
38 residents
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.4%
2,758 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
982 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
803 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.7%
649 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.4%
448 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.6%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61%
3,701 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
2,266 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,475 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.5%
1,363 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers16.5%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.9%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.5%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
260 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.7%
4,131 residents
Good health30.9%
2,249 residents
Fair health9.6%
697 residents
Bad health2.1%
156 residents
Very bad health0.7%
49 residents
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
6,352 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
930 residents
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.6%
1,819 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.8%
909 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.5%
191 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
33 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Sutton Benger, Kington & Biddestone · 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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