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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007087

Newtown

Newtown is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,228 residents in Cambridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,228

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,431

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,937

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

34.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

61.0%

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.

Kingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset6,032 residents · 40.2% owned · 40.2% no carOsney, Jericho & Port Meadow, Oxford6,618 residents · 38.3% owned · 45.3% no carClarendon Park & Stoneygate South, Leicester11,333 residents · 45.6% owned · 31.7% no carHotwells, Bristol, City of6,924 residents · 41.8% owned · 33.0% no carFulford Road & Clementhorpe, York11,774 residents · 48.4% owned · 33.5% no carCanterbury Central & Westgate, Canterbury11,142 residents · 39.6% owned · 40.0% no car

Most similar within Cambridge

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Petersfield, Cambridge8,230 residents · 41.9% owned · 46.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Newtown

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

Tenure

Private rented40.8%
991 households
Owned34.6%
842 households
Social rented22.3%
543 households
Shared ownership2.2%
54 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement56.8%
1,382 households
Terraced18%
438 households
Detached12.9%
314 households
Semi-detached5.7%
138 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.8%
116 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.6%
1,086 households
1 car or van in household41.9%
1,019 households
2 cars or vans in household10.5%
255 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3%
74 households
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.2%
832 households
1 bedroom31.1%
757 households
4 or more bedrooms21.7%
528 households
3 bedrooms13%
317 households
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.8%
1,188 households
One-person household41.6%
1,012 households
Other household types9.6%
234 households
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.6%
1,012 households
2 people in household34.7%
844 households
3 people in household11.1%
270 households
4 people in household8.5%
207 households
5 people in household3.1%
75 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
10 households
6 people in household0.3%
8 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.6%
661 residents
15–2938.8%
2,414 residents
30–4420.1%
1,252 residents
45–6418.2%
1,135 residents
65 and over12.3%
766 residents
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White73.1%
4,552 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.8%
921 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%
356 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
210 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
185 residents
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above61%
3,349 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
986 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.9%
434 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.1%
336 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.9%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)47%
2,584 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.1%
2,423 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8.9%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students32.1%
1,765 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.1%
1,544 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
839 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.6%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.2%
286 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.3%
234 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.5%
192 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.5%
190 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.1%
3,432 residents
Good health31.7%
1,975 residents
Fair health10.1%
629 residents
Bad health2.4%
148 residents
Very bad health0.7%
42 residents
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
5,260 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
968 residents
Newtown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.7%
1,404 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.3%
762 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.4%
204 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Newtown · 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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