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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007089

Great Ashby & Wymondley

Great Ashby & Wymondley is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,405 residents in North Hertfordshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,405

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,817

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

536.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

39.2%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Great Ashby & Wymondley

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

Tenure

Owned70.1%
1,976 households
Private rented15.7%
441 households
Social rented11.9%
334 households
Shared ownership2.3%
66 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached31.7%
894 households
Terraced30.2%
851 households
Detached25.6%
722 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.9%
278 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.3%
36 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41.2%
1,161 households
1 car or van in household37.7%
1,062 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.7%
387 households
No cars or vans in household7.3%
207 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.1%
988 households
2 bedrooms30.5%
858 households
4 or more bedrooms29.3%
824 households
1 bedroom5.2%
147 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.6%
2,017 households
One-person household22.1%
623 households
Other household types6.3%
178 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.9%
898 households
1 person in household22.1%
623 households
3 people in household20.7%
583 households
4 people in household17.3%
488 households
5 people in household6%
169 households
6 people in household1.5%
42 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521%
1,557 residents
15–2916.6%
1,231 residents
30–4424.4%
1,804 residents
45–6426.9%
1,992 residents
65 and over11%
817 residents
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.5%
6,109 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
462 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.4%
397 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.8%
352 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
84 residents
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above39.2%
2,250 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.6%
1,070 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
834 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.1%
636 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.6%
4,170 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.2%
1,446 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.2%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25%
1,437 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.6%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%
786 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
430 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
280 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.3%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.3%
4,023 residents
Good health33.4%
2,472 residents
Fair health9.3%
686 residents
Bad health2.4%
179 residents
Very bad health0.6%
44 residents
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.3%
6,386 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.7%
1,018 residents
Great Ashby & Wymondley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.2%
1,694 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.4%
827 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
245 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Great Ashby & Wymondley · 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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