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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007015

Fairfields & Grange Farm

Fairfields & Grange Farm is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,658 residents in Milton Keynes. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Milton Keynes
9,658

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,738

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

852.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.8%

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.

Cambourne, South Cambridgeshire9,888 residents · 56.4% owned · 7.9% no carAugusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams, Test Valley7,668 residents · 58.5% owned · 10.4% no carUpton, West Northamptonshire7,657 residents · 56.7% owned · 13.6% no carEbbsfleet & Greenhithe, Dartford14,925 residents · 59.6% owned · 12.3% no carPicket Twenty & Picket Piece, Test Valley7,476 residents · 58.9% owned · 9.9% no carWixams & Elstow, Bedford7,597 residents · 68.4% owned · 9.3% no car

Most similar within Milton Keynes

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Broughton West & Milton Keynes Village, Milton Keynes8,278 residents · 50.4% owned · 10.7% no carShenley Wood & Crownhill, Milton Keynes9,212 residents · 64.5% owned · 12.0% no carTattenhoe & Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes10,188 residents · 59.2% owned · 9.8% no carBroughton East, Milton Keynes10,111 residents · 53.4% owned · 11.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fairfields & Grange Farm

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

Tenure

Owned57.9%
2,165 households
Private rented16.9%
632 households
Shared ownership13.1%
489 households
Social rented12.1%
452 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached30.5%
1,139 households
Detached26%
972 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.7%
959 households
Terraced16.9%
631 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
13 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
8 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.5%
1,737 households
2 cars or vans in household35.8%
1,336 households
No cars or vans in household10.2%
380 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
284 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms31.1%
1,162 households
2 bedrooms29.8%
1,112 households
3 bedrooms29.8%
1,112 households
1 bedroom9.4%
351 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.5%
2,559 households
One-person household24.7%
922 households
Other household types6.8%
254 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.7%
1,146 households
1 person in household24.7%
922 households
4 people in household18.6%
696 households
3 people in household18.5%
691 households
5 people in household5.5%
205 households
6 people in household1.7%
63 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
7 people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524%
2,321 residents
15–2918.7%
1,810 residents
30–4430.2%
2,920 residents
45–6419.2%
1,853 residents
65 and over7.8%
756 residents
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White66.8%
6,447 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.1%
1,555 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African10.1%
972 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5%
486 residents
Other ethnic group2%
193 residents
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.8%
3,452 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17%
1,229 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.6%
913 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.4%
680 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.9%
573 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
255 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)75%
5,420 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive22.1%
1,597 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.4%
1,838 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,651 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
912 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.6%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
482 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
381 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
277 residents aged 16 and over
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.8%
5,581 residents
Good health32.5%
3,135 residents
Fair health7.7%
748 residents
Bad health1.6%
155 residents
Very bad health0.4%
39 residents
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.1%
8,607 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.9%
1,051 residents
Fairfields & Grange Farm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension64.2%
2,398 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.7%
998 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.3%
273 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Fairfields & Grange Farm · 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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