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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007085

Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester

Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,885 residents in South Cambridgeshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,885

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,988

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

210.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

51.1%

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.

Cringleford, Little Melton & Easton, South Norfolk9,955 residents · 75.0% owned · 7.8% no carStratford South East & Tiddington, Stratford-on-Avon8,337 residents · 75.5% owned · 11.8% no carDean Court, Cumnor & Appleton, Vale of White Horse7,599 residents · 75.8% owned · 11.2% no carBotley & Kennington, Vale of White Horse10,275 residents · 70.8% owned · 17.3% no carWoodstock, Stonesfield & Tackley, West Oxfordshire8,933 residents · 67.7% owned · 10.0% no carHaddenham, Dinton & Stone, Buckinghamshire9,449 residents · 76.6% owned · 8.6% no car

Most similar within South Cambridgeshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Fulbourn & Teversham, South Cambridgeshire8,952 residents · 61.1% owned · 16.0% no carGreat Shelford & Stapleford, South Cambridgeshire6,535 residents · 68.9% owned · 14.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester

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

Tenure

Owned72.1%
3,598 households
Private rented15.3%
764 households
Social rented10.6%
531 households
Shared ownership1.8%
89 households
Lives rent free0.1%
6 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached41.3%
2,062 households
Semi-detached34.8%
1,734 households
Terraced17.3%
863 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.5%
274 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
32 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
2,258 households
2 cars or vans in household31.9%
1,593 households
No cars or vans in household12.7%
631 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.1%
505 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.6%
1,827 households
4 or more bedrooms35.8%
1,785 households
2 bedrooms19.9%
990 households
1 bedroom7.7%
385 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.5%
3,320 households
One-person household28.3%
1,413 households
Other household types5.2%
257 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.3%
1,858 households
1 person in household28.3%
1,410 households
3 people in household15.4%
767 households
4 people in household13.9%
694 households
5 people in household3.9%
195 households
6 people in household1%
51 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,966 residents
15–2914.3%
1,703 residents
30–4418.4%
2,189 residents
45–6427.3%
3,242 residents
65 and over23.4%
2,784 residents
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White88.7%
10,542 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
639 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
360 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
191 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
150 residents
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above51.1%
5,004 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
1,443 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.2%
995 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.1%
992 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
437 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
217 residents aged 16 and over
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.8%
5,855 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38.9%
3,802 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.2%
2,466 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
2,284 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
960 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
821 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.9%
674 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.5%
635 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.3%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.7%
365 residents aged 16 and over
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.8%
6,157 residents
Good health34.3%
4,081 residents
Fair health10.8%
1,284 residents
Bad health2.3%
275 residents
Very bad health0.7%
88 residents
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85%
10,104 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15%
1,781 residents
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58%
2,893 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
1,631 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
417 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
45 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester · 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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