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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006652

Chippenham North

Chippenham North is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,709 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
9,709

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,942

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,184.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.9%

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.

Witney East, West Oxfordshire11,773 residents · 68.7% owned · 13.3% no carUckfield South, Wealden6,526 residents · 73.9% owned · 11.0% no carChells North, Stevenage6,435 residents · 76.9% owned · 10.0% no carMountsorrel & Rothley, Charnwood12,258 residents · 74.8% owned · 10.7% no carChellaston East, Derby7,093 residents · 71.3% owned · 13.9% no carSt Peters, Worcester5,648 residents · 78.0% owned · 9.0% no car

Most similar within Wiltshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Chippenham West, Wiltshire9,851 residents · 72.4% owned · 11.8% no carChippenham Pewsham, Wiltshire6,706 residents · 72.6% owned · 10.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Chippenham North

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

Tenure

Owned72%
2,838 households
Private rented15.5%
611 households
Social rented11.8%
467 households
Shared ownership0.6%
25 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40%
1,575 households
Detached28.7%
1,133 households
Terraced20.8%
821 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.9%
312 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.4%
55 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
29 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.2%
1,623 households
2 cars or vans in household34.2%
1,347 households
No cars or vans in household13.4%
527 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.3%
444 households
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.8%
1,767 households
4 or more bedrooms29.3%
1,154 households
2 bedrooms19.4%
764 households
1 bedroom6.5%
256 households
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.7%
2,785 households
One-person household24.8%
978 households
Other household types4.4%
174 households
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36%
1,420 households
1 person in household24.8%
978 households
3 people in household17.7%
698 households
4 people in household15.5%
610 households
5 people in household4.4%
174 households
6 people in household1%
41 households
7 people in household0.4%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.9%
1,640 residents
15–2918.6%
1,808 residents
30–4417.8%
1,728 residents
45–6430.4%
2,950 residents
65 and over16.3%
1,584 residents
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.2%
9,047 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
262 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
254 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
103 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
46 residents
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.9%
3,004 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,432 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
1,245 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.4%
984 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
780 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
341 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.4%
5,186 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32.5%
2,577 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,813 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,447 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
958 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
872 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.3%
816 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
726 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
364 residents aged 16 and over
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
4,931 residents
Good health34.8%
3,383 residents
Fair health11.1%
1,074 residents
Bad health2.6%
257 residents
Very bad health0.7%
64 residents
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.2%
8,173 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.8%
1,534 residents
Chippenham North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.5%
2,266 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.9%
1,218 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.3%
368 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
85 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Chippenham North · 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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