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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006967

Oadby East

Oadby East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,765 residents in Oadby and Wigston. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,765

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,751

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,399.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.9%

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.

Earley, Wokingham9,376 residents · 78.6% owned · 10.8% no carLittleover West & Heatherton, Derby9,418 residents · 73.9% owned · 11.3% no carBarnfield, Luton9,851 residents · 82.5% owned · 8.9% no carUxbridge Common & Swakeleys, Hillingdon7,961 residents · 80.3% owned · 12.3% no carHatch End North, Harrow5,758 residents · 84.2% owned · 8.7% no carOrchard Hill, Woodcote Green & Clockhouse, Sutton6,738 residents · 82.2% owned · 10.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oadby East

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

Tenure

Owned80.7%
2,219 households
Private rented16.6%
457 households
Social rented2.3%
63 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached52.7%
1,449 households
Semi-detached40%
1,100 households
Terraced5.5%
150 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.7%
46 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
6 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39%
1,073 households
1 car or van in household38.3%
1,055 households
3 or more cars or vans in household14.1%
387 households
No cars or vans in household8.6%
237 households
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.3%
1,190 households
3 bedrooms41%
1,127 households
2 bedrooms14.4%
395 households
1 bedroom1.4%
39 households
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72.6%
1,999 households
One-person household19.9%
548 households
Other household types7.4%
205 households
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.7%
790 households
1 person in household19.9%
548 households
4 people in household19.5%
537 households
3 people in household19.2%
527 households
5 people in household8.5%
233 households
6 people in household3.1%
86 households
7 people in household0.8%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.6%
1,519 residents
15–2916.7%
1,296 residents
30–4419.2%
1,493 residents
45–6427.1%
2,107 residents
65 and over17.4%
1,347 residents
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh55.3%
4,290 residents
White33.4%
2,591 residents
Other ethnic group5.9%
458 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
243 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
182 residents
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.9%
2,696 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
910 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.6%
839 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
529 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.7%
3,730 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
2,295 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.3%
1,307 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.9%
1,163 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
806 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
548 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.1%
501 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.5%
463 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
202 residents aged 16 and over
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.3%
3,980 residents
Good health34.3%
2,664 residents
Fair health11.1%
861 residents
Bad health2.7%
211 residents
Very bad health0.6%
49 residents
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.1%
6,761 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.9%
1,003 residents
Oadby East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56%
1,541 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
907 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.7%
267 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
36 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Oadby East · 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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