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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007014

Kents Hill

Kents Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,123 residents in Milton Keynes. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Milton Keynes
7,123

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,822

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,708.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.2%

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.

Upton, West Northamptonshire7,657 residents · 56.7% owned · 13.6% no carBishop's Cleeve West & North, Tewkesbury8,215 residents · 67.9% owned · 8.3% no carAugusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams, Test Valley7,668 residents · 58.5% owned · 10.4% no carSt Nicholas, Stevenage8,141 residents · 54.4% owned · 17.2% no carPicket Twenty & Picket Piece, Test Valley7,476 residents · 58.9% owned · 9.9% no carPeartree, Welwyn Hatfield8,787 residents · 35.1% owned · 22.6% no car

Most similar within Milton Keynes

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Walnut Tree & Tilbrook, Milton Keynes8,152 residents · 46.3% owned · 11.4% no carFurzton, Milton Keynes7,153 residents · 47.9% owned · 15.7% no carLoughton, Milton Keynes6,838 residents · 51.5% owned · 15.6% no carTwo Mile Ash, Milton Keynes5,608 residents · 55.3% owned · 14.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kents Hill

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

Tenure

Owned45.9%
1,296 households
Private rented29.3%
826 households
Social rented12.6%
356 households
Shared ownership12.2%
344 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached30.7%
866 households
Semi-detached29.5%
833 households
Terraced24%
677 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.7%
415 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.3%
1,307 households
2 cars or vans in household30.2%
852 households
No cars or vans in household14.5%
410 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
254 households
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.8%
925 households
3 bedrooms27.6%
779 households
4 or more bedrooms24.1%
680 households
1 bedroom15.5%
437 households
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.4%
1,818 households
One-person household28.6%
808 households
Other household types6.9%
196 households
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.7%
810 households
1 person in household28.6%
808 households
3 people in household19.5%
550 households
4 people in household16.3%
460 households
5 people in household5.1%
145 households
6 people in household1.3%
36 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.9%
1,486 residents
15–2917.5%
1,246 residents
30–4425.6%
1,820 residents
45–6426.1%
1,861 residents
65 and over10%
710 residents
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.2%
5,141 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.2%
800 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.5%
748 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
318 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
113 residents
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.2%
2,171 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.1%
893 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
891 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.4%
633 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
555 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
190 residents aged 16 and over
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)70.2%
3,889 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive26.8%
1,487 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
1,114 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
925 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.2%
788 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.5%
748 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.2%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
447 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.9%
436 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
263 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
259 residents aged 16 and over
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.4%
3,801 residents
Good health32.5%
2,317 residents
Fair health10.1%
719 residents
Bad health3.3%
237 residents
Very bad health0.7%
50 residents
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.9%
6,116 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.1%
1,007 residents
Kents Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54%
1,525 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.7%
953 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
256 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
82 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Kents Hill · 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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