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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006663

Amesbury

Amesbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,997 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
12,997

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,336

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

541

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.6%

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.

Burton Latimer, North Northamptonshire10,443 residents · 68.6% owned · 12.2% no carBishop's Hull & Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset West and Taunton9,929 residents · 66.4% owned · 11.7% no carSouth Worle, West Wick & St Georges, North Somerset9,636 residents · 67.8% owned · 10.8% no carSoham, East Cambridgeshire13,242 residents · 61.4% owned · 12.3% no carTangmere, Mundham & Hunston, Chichester11,486 residents · 58.1% owned · 14.1% no carIbstock & Ellistown, North West Leicestershire12,003 residents · 73.8% owned · 11.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Amesbury

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

Tenure

Owned60.6%
3,236 households
Social rented19.5%
1,039 households
Private rented16.6%
886 households
Shared ownership3.2%
170 households
Lives rent free0.1%
5 households
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.2%
2,036 households
Detached26.8%
1,428 households
Terraced21.4%
1,144 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9%
478 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure3.4%
180 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
31 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
14 households
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.7%
2,063 households
2 cars or vans in household34.7%
1,854 households
No cars or vans in household14.4%
767 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.2%
652 households
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.2%
2,307 households
2 bedrooms27.7%
1,480 households
4 or more bedrooms21.7%
1,160 households
1 bedroom7.3%
389 households
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.2%
3,590 households
One-person household27%
1,443 households
Other household types5.7%
306 households
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.8%
1,859 households
1 person in household27%
1,443 households
3 people in household17.8%
951 households
4 people in household13.9%
744 households
5 people in household4.6%
247 households
6 people in household1.2%
63 households
7 people in household0.4%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.4%
2,386 residents
15–2917.4%
2,256 residents
30–4420.6%
2,677 residents
45–6426.8%
3,480 residents
65 and over16.9%
2,197 residents
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.3%
12,135 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.1%
268 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
259 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
215 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
123 residents
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.6%
2,882 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.3%
2,120 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.6%
1,733 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.3%
1,702 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
1,218 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
528 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.3%
6,921 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.8%
3,318 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
200 residents aged 16 and over
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.6%
2,362 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.1%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.1%
1,469 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
1,229 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.6%
1,209 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
912 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
551 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
503 residents aged 16 and over
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.3%
6,284 residents
Good health34.7%
4,516 residents
Fair health12.4%
1,613 residents
Bad health3.5%
451 residents
Very bad health1%
133 residents
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
10,733 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
2,264 residents
Amesbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.9%
2,767 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
1,797 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12%
638 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
128 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Amesbury · 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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