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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006695

Wylye Valley

Wylye Valley is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,434 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
6,434

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,811

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

28

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.9%

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.

Moretonhampstead, Lustleigh & East Dartmoor, Teignbridge5,743 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.8% no carYetminster, Bradford Abbas & Longburton, Dorset7,796 residents · 72.5% owned · 7.0% no carWigmore, Orleton & Brimfield, Herefordshire, County of6,263 residents · 74.9% owned · 5.8% no carLeavenheath, Nayland & Boxford, Babergh8,200 residents · 78.1% owned · 6.9% no carFownhope, Tarrington & Marcle, Herefordshire, County of6,600 residents · 71.9% owned · 7.0% no carWetheral, Corby & Geltsdale, Carlisle8,799 residents · 83.8% owned · 7.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wylye Valley

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

Tenure

Owned70.3%
1,975 households
Private rented20.7%
582 households
Social rented8.7%
245 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached53.1%
1,492 households
Semi-detached27.9%
783 households
Terraced14.3%
403 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.1%
60 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
35 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.2%
1,129 households
1 car or van in household33.4%
939 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.7%
527 households
No cars or vans in household7.7%
216 households
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms39.9%
1,123 households
3 bedrooms36.4%
1,025 households
2 bedrooms19.4%
546 households
1 bedroom4.2%
119 households
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
1,928 households
One-person household26.7%
752 households
Other household types4.7%
132 households
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household43.5%
1,223 households
1 person in household26.7%
752 households
3 people in household14.4%
404 households
4 people in household10.8%
304 households
5 people in household3.3%
94 households
6 people in household1%
28 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.7%
883 residents
15–2910.6%
681 residents
30–4413.1%
843 residents
45–6431.7%
2,041 residents
65 and over30.9%
1,992 residents
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
6,268 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
70 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
69 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
15 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
14 residents
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.9%
2,132 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
980 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
800 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.3%
674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
473 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.1%
3,078 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43%
2,358 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
50 residents aged 16 and over
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.7%
973 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.5%
959 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
527 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
298 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
249 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.3%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.8%
3,076 residents
Good health35.1%
2,258 residents
Fair health12.8%
821 residents
Bad health3.3%
215 residents
Very bad health1%
62 residents
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
5,304 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,130 residents
Wylye Valley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.9%
1,600 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
936 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.3%
234 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
39 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Wylye Valley · 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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