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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007026

Tidworth

Tidworth is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,867 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
8,867

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,690

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

559.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

23.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.9%

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.

Catterick Garrison & Colburn, Richmondshire14,085 residents · 46.6% owned · 14.0% no carCarterton North, West Oxfordshire10,032 residents · 55.7% owned · 7.7% no carShrub End, Colchester9,700 residents · 43.1% owned · 16.3% no carWeston Winterstoke, North Somerset9,709 residents · 60.3% owned · 10.2% no carAldershot Town, Rushmoor10,914 residents · 29.0% owned · 24.7% no carHampton Vale, Peterborough12,981 residents · 59.1% owned · 12.3% no car

Most similar within Wiltshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Larkhill, Shrewton & Bulford Camp, Wiltshire9,964 residents · 38.9% owned · 5.8% no carLudgershall & Tidworth North East, Wiltshire8,617 residents · 48.5% owned · 11.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Tidworth

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

Tenure

Private rented56.8%
1,528 households
Owned23.6%
634 households
Social rented18.6%
499 households
Shared ownership1.1%
29 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached36.1%
970 households
Terraced26%
700 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.2%
597 households
Detached13.8%
371 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
24 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
19 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.9%
1,262 households
2 cars or vans in household35.9%
965 households
No cars or vans in household10.2%
275 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.9%
186 households
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.2%
1,297 households
2 bedrooms33.1%
890 households
4 or more bedrooms14.2%
381 households
1 bedroom4.5%
122 households
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household77.5%
2,085 households
One-person household16.1%
432 households
Other household types6.4%
172 households
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28%
752 households
3 people in household22.9%
616 households
4 people in household21.7%
583 households
1 person in household16%
431 households
5 people in household8%
214 households
6 people in household2.7%
73 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526.4%
2,345 residents
15–2927.1%
2,401 residents
30–4430.2%
2,683 residents
45–6412.5%
1,113 residents
65 and over3.7%
330 residents
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White78.4%
6,951 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8%
706 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.1%
626 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
312 residents
Other ethnic group3%
270 residents
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications26.7%
1,720 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25.9%
1,668 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
1,059 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
668 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
668 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.2%
530 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)78%
5,022 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive20.5%
1,322 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
95 residents aged 16 and over
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.7%
1,782 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations18.7%
1,205 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.7%
691 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.4%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%
316 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
304 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4.7%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health64.1%
5,686 residents
Good health27.5%
2,440 residents
Fair health6.3%
563 residents
Bad health1.7%
153 residents
Very bad health0.3%
25 residents
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act90.2%
8,000 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act9.8%
867 residents
Tidworth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension59.3%
1,596 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
806 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
245 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
43 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Tidworth · 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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