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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007075

Ocean Village & Town Quay

Ocean Village & Town Quay is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,301 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton
5,301

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,051

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,029.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

58.6%

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.

Cardiff Bay, Cardiff7,388 residents · 33.8% owned · 25.2% no carCentral Chelmsford West, Chelmsford6,427 residents · 36.5% owned · 32.0% no carNew Islington South & Bradford, Manchester5,653 residents · 27.4% owned · 50.6% no carHulme Park & St George's, Manchester6,983 residents · 20.9% owned · 50.4% no carLadywood - Summer Hill, Birmingham7,904 residents · 20.9% owned · 48.5% no carCentral Chelmsford East, Chelmsford7,257 residents · 44.8% owned · 30.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ocean Village & Town Quay

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

Tenure

Private rented57.6%
1,758 households
Owned33.4%
1,019 households
Social rented7.3%
224 households
Shared ownership1.6%
50 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement83.5%
2,545 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse6.4%
194 households
Terraced5.5%
169 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
38 households
Semi-detached1.1%
35 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
25 households
Detached0.7%
21 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
20 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household52.2%
1,592 households
No cars or vans in household34.4%
1,049 households
2 cars or vans in household11.8%
360 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.6%
48 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms56%
1,706 households
1 bedroom31.9%
974 households
3 bedrooms9%
273 households
4 or more bedrooms3.1%
96 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household46.1%
1,407 households
Single family household44.7%
1,363 households
Other household types9.2%
280 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household46.1%
1,407 households
2 people in household40.4%
1,233 households
3 people in household8.7%
266 households
4 people in household3.4%
103 households
5 people in household0.9%
28 households
6 people in household0.3%
10 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.3%
442 residents
15–2935.8%
1,898 residents
30–4430.2%
1,599 residents
45–6417.8%
944 residents
65 and over7.9%
418 residents
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White74.9%
3,972 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.5%
611 residents
Other ethnic group5.4%
285 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
228 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.9%
207 residents
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above58.6%
2,840 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
775 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.1%
393 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.1%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.9%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
102 residents aged 16 and over
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)75.1%
3,638 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive21.8%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.1%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.5%
1,286 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.4%
1,134 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.9%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
376 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
376 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
366 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
242 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.3%
2,933 residents
Good health34.4%
1,824 residents
Fair health8.1%
427 residents
Bad health1.8%
98 residents
Very bad health0.4%
19 residents
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.8%
4,758 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.2%
543 residents
Ocean Village & Town Quay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension67.6%
2,062 households
Household is deprived in one dimension24.9%
758 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions6.3%
191 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Ocean Village & Town Quay · 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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