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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006655

Derry Hill & Hilmarton

Derry Hill & Hilmarton is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,178 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
8,178

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,352

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

5.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.4%

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.

Clipston, Naseby & Yelvertoft, West Northamptonshire6,330 residents · 78.2% owned · 5.9% no carDatchworth, Walkern & Cottered, East Hertfordshire8,115 residents · 72.9% owned · 6.2% no carBaschurch, Cockshutt & Harmer Hill, Shropshire8,767 residents · 78.8% owned · 5.2% no carMarsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick, Buckinghamshire10,362 residents · 74.8% owned · 5.5% no carTowcester West & Blakesley, West Northamptonshire8,685 residents · 76.6% owned · 7.3% no carChailey, Newick & Barcombe, Lewes7,650 residents · 74.3% owned · 6.2% no car

Most similar within Wiltshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whaddon, Whiteparish & Winterslow, Wiltshire8,044 residents · 81.6% owned · 5.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Derry Hill & Hilmarton

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

Tenure

Owned76.3%
2,559 households
Private rented14%
470 households
Social rented7.6%
255 households
Shared ownership2%
68 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached52.3%
1,754 households
Semi-detached31.8%
1,067 households
Terraced11.7%
391 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.4%
80 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
11 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
11 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.1%
1,377 households
1 car or van in household30.7%
1,030 households
3 or more cars or vans in household22.4%
750 households
No cars or vans in household5.8%
195 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43%
1,441 households
3 bedrooms36.2%
1,214 households
2 bedrooms16.9%
567 households
1 bedroom3.9%
132 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.5%
2,497 households
One-person household21.4%
717 households
Other household types4.1%
138 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43.9%
1,472 households
1 person in household21.4%
717 households
3 people in household16.4%
548 households
4 people in household13.3%
446 households
5 people in household3.6%
121 households
6 people in household1%
35 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.6%
1,191 residents
15–2914.4%
1,180 residents
30–4414.9%
1,220 residents
45–6432.2%
2,633 residents
65 and over23.9%
1,956 residents
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
7,939 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
90 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
84 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
34 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
29 residents
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.4%
2,711 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.3%
1,261 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
996 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.7%
807 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%
617 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.7%
4,181 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.7%
2,601 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
1,645 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.5%
1,343 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.1%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
826 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.2%
567 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.7%
4,308 residents
Good health32.8%
2,684 residents
Fair health11%
896 residents
Bad health2.7%
219 residents
Very bad health0.9%
72 residents
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.2%
6,885 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.8%
1,293 residents
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.8%
2,004 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.3%
1,049 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
263 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Derry Hill & Hilmarton · 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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