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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007028

Cranbrook

Cranbrook is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,110 residents in East Devon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,110

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,271

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,123.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.0%

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.

Picket Twenty & Picket Piece, Test Valley7,476 residents · 58.9% owned · 9.9% no carAugusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams, Test Valley7,668 residents · 58.5% owned · 10.4% no carFairfields & Grange Farm, Milton Keynes9,658 residents · 57.9% owned · 10.2% no carEbbsfleet & Greenhithe, Dartford14,925 residents · 59.6% owned · 12.3% no carBerryfields & Haydon Hill, Buckinghamshire14,108 residents · 60.6% owned · 12.2% no carBishop's Cleeve West & North, Tewkesbury8,215 residents · 67.9% owned · 8.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cranbrook

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

Tenure

Owned59.6%
1,353 households
Social rented16.7%
379 households
Private rented12.6%
286 households
Shared ownership11.1%
253 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.6%
808 households
Terraced32.4%
735 households
Detached24.6%
559 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7%
160 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.4%
1,009 households
2 cars or vans in household42%
954 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
161 households
No cars or vans in household6.4%
146 households
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.1%
1,070 households
2 bedrooms29.8%
677 households
4 or more bedrooms18.7%
424 households
1 bedroom4.4%
99 households
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household77.1%
1,755 households
One-person household18.1%
412 households
Other household types4.8%
110 households
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.7%
764 households
3 people in household20.5%
465 households
4 people in household19.8%
449 households
1 person in household18.1%
412 households
5 people in household5.2%
119 households
6 people in household2.1%
47 households
7 people in household0.5%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1529%
1,774 residents
15–2920.9%
1,278 residents
30–4433.3%
2,036 residents
45–6413.3%
812 residents
65 and over3.4%
208 residents
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
5,832 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
128 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
73 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
40 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
39 residents
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37%
1,581 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.1%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.2%
694 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.7%
373 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.4%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.6%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1%
43 residents aged 16 and over
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)82.1%
3,506 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive16.3%
698 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.6%
1,135 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.4%
659 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.6%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.8%
463 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.5%
449 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
377 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
285 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
205 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.8%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.5%
3,696 residents
Good health30.4%
1,859 residents
Fair health6.5%
398 residents
Bad health2%
122 residents
Very bad health0.5%
33 residents
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.2%
5,330 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.8%
780 residents
Cranbrook · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65.2%
1,481 households
Household is deprived in one dimension25.8%
586 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.1%
161 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
38 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
6 households
Cranbrook · 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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