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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006873

Cambourne

Cambourne is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,888 residents in South Cambridgeshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,888

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,512

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,542.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.4%

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.

Tattenhoe & Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes10,188 residents · 59.2% owned · 9.8% no carBroughton West & Milton Keynes Village, Milton Keynes8,278 residents · 50.4% owned · 10.7% no carWestcroft & Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes11,215 residents · 57.0% owned · 9.8% no carUpton, West Northamptonshire7,657 residents · 56.7% owned · 13.6% no carWixams & Elstow, Bedford7,597 residents · 68.4% owned · 9.3% no carShenley Wood & Crownhill, Milton Keynes9,212 residents · 64.5% owned · 12.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cambourne

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

Tenure

Owned56.4%
1,980 households
Private rented18.7%
655 households
Social rented16.9%
593 households
Shared ownership8%
282 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached32.5%
1,142 households
Terraced28.4%
998 households
Semi-detached26.8%
940 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.5%
404 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.6%
1,495 households
2 cars or vans in household40.8%
1,432 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
309 households
No cars or vans in household7.9%
276 households
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms34.8%
1,222 households
3 bedrooms31.9%
1,122 households
2 bedrooms27.2%
955 households
1 bedroom6.1%
213 households
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.7%
2,622 households
One-person household20.2%
708 households
Other household types5.2%
181 households
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25.7%
902 households
4 people in household25.1%
881 households
1 person in household20.2%
708 households
3 people in household19.6%
687 households
5 people in household7%
247 households
6 people in household1.9%
65 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1527.9%
2,759 residents
15–2916.1%
1,590 residents
30–4428.1%
2,780 residents
45–6423%
2,273 residents
65 and over4.9%
487 residents
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77.1%
7,627 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.6%
1,341 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.3%
422 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
274 residents
Other ethnic group2.2%
222 residents
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.4%
3,644 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.8%
1,098 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
923 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.9%
482 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.8%
475 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)74.8%
5,207 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive22.3%
1,549 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
1,713 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
1,661 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
829 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.5%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
278 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.5%
244 residents aged 16 and over
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health59.1%
5,843 residents
Good health31.3%
3,096 residents
Fair health7.2%
709 residents
Bad health2%
193 residents
Very bad health0.5%
47 residents
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89%
8,801 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11%
1,087 residents
Cambourne · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64.7%
2,272 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.1%
916 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.4%
260 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Cambourne · 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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