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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006847

Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst

Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,908 residents in Swindon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swindon
9,908

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,665

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,751.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.5%

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.

Hedge End North & Botley North, Eastleigh11,784 residents · 71.0% owned · 5.0% no carMaidenbower East & Worth, Crawley7,848 residents · 77.6% owned · 6.5% no carEmersons Green, South Gloucestershire12,403 residents · 73.1% owned · 7.0% no carHatch Warren, Basingstoke and Deane8,753 residents · 77.9% owned · 4.6% no carKingswood & Whittle Hall, Warrington11,238 residents · 80.5% owned · 6.7% no carBicester North, Cherwell6,726 residents · 66.8% owned · 8.9% no car

Most similar within Swindon

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Groundwell & Abbey Meads, Swindon10,334 residents · 78.2% owned · 5.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst

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

Tenure

Owned71.7%
2,629 households
Private rented21.3%
782 households
Social rented4.6%
169 households
Shared ownership2.3%
84 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.5%
1,446 households
Semi-detached24.1%
882 households
Terraced22.9%
837 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.9%
473 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.9%
1,496 households
1 car or van in household39.4%
1,444 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.3%
486 households
No cars or vans in household6.4%
236 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms39.2%
1,435 households
3 bedrooms32.3%
1,181 households
2 bedrooms24.7%
906 households
1 bedroom3.8%
140 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.4%
2,726 households
One-person household20.5%
749 households
Other household types5.1%
187 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.3%
1,074 households
4 people in household22.1%
809 households
3 people in household21%
768 households
1 person in household20.5%
749 households
5 people in household5.2%
192 households
6 people in household1.5%
55 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.7%
2,346 residents
15–2918%
1,784 residents
30–4425.3%
2,507 residents
45–6425.7%
2,546 residents
65 and over7.3%
727 residents
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.2%
8,736 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.2%
514 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
303 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
282 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
72 residents
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.5%
2,470 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.9%
1,541 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications19%
1,404 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
812 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.9%
655 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
357 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)76.1%
5,614 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive21%
1,552 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
1,803 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,342 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
761 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
642 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
623 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.9%
508 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.7%
421 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.3%
247 residents aged 16 and over
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.5%
5,692 residents
Good health32.4%
3,213 residents
Fair health8%
796 residents
Bad health1.6%
163 residents
Very bad health0.4%
41 residents
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.9%
8,812 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.1%
1,096 residents
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64.1%
2,347 households
Household is deprived in one dimension27.8%
1,018 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.9%
254 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
43 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst · 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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