A built-up area in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole — Merley BUA, E63006650. Every figure below describes that area, except where it is labelled as a comparison, or as a figure for a neighbourhood or a wider area.
Residents
Roughly 5,489
Roughly 5,489 usual residents, summed from the Census 2021 output areas that make up the built-up area. This is not a published figure for Merley. It is arithmetic on smaller areas, and where a published parish estimate exists it can differ by more than a tenth.
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University
- Summed from
- ONS Census 2021 (Nomis TS001), usual residents by output area
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- built-up area — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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Aged 65 or over
30%
1,623 of 5,491 residents, Census 2021
Aged 65 or over is the five oldest age bands in the census table, added together.
Compared with
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 22% 86,426 of 400,198 residents
- England
- 18% 10,401,303 of 56,490,048 residents
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS007A)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- built-up area — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS007A)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, local authority; England, country
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Households owning their home
86%
1,818 of 2,106 households, Census 2021
Compared with
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 63% 109,221 of 173,842 households
- England
- 61% 14,369,065 of 23,436,085 households
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS054)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- built-up area — measured at output area level and summed to this area
The categories are a hierarchy: some are subtotals of others, so they do not add to the total and summing them overstates it.
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS054)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, local authority; England, country
The categories are a hierarchy: some are subtotals of others, so they do not add to the total and summing them overstates it.
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Aged 16 or over with a Level 4 qualification or above
36%
1,611 of 4,538 residents, Census 2021
Level 4 is a higher national certificate or above, including a degree.
Compared with
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 32% 107,437 of 334,908 residents
- England
- 34% 15,606,458 of 46,006,955 residents
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS067)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- built-up area — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS067)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, local authority; England, country
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Health good or very good
85%
4,688 of 5,497 residents, Census 2021
Good or very good is two census categories added together.
Compared with
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 82% 326,765 of 400,196 residents
- England
- 82% 46,431,564 of 56,490,046 residents
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS037)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- built-up area — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS037)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, local authority; England, country
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Crimes and anti-social behaviour recorded
107
September 2025 to August 2026
16 of them were anti-social behaviour.
No Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole or England figure is held yet.
- Source
- police.uk street-level crime and ASB data, Single Online Home National Digital Team
- Period
- 2025-09 to 2026-08
- Area
- built-up area
police.uk locations are anonymised snap points — an approximation of where the crime happened, not a precise location. Counts are of crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents recorded within the boundary, not a rate. The boundary is this place's own outline, simplified before it is queried: police.uk accepts a single shape of limited length, so the outline is reduced to at most 90 points. Where a place's boundary comes in more than one piece, only the largest piece is counted.
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Addresses within 1km of a green or blue space of at least 10 hectares
66%
1,501 of 2,268 addresses, 2026
No Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole or England figure is held yet.
- Source
- Access to green and blue space in England, Defra
- Period
- 2026
- Area
- built-up area — measured at output area level and summed to this area
Official statistic in development. Percentages are recomputed from address counts, never averaged across output areas. The space type is held in the observation's category — Defra publishes three tables and they are not interchangeable.
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Merley, by neighbourhood
Census 2021 output areas, and the built-up area boundary as the Office for National Statistics publishes it, 2022. North is up.
The shaded area is the 17 Census 2021 output areas Ezra counts as Merley, 11.3 km². They lie in 4 neighbourhoods, one of them only partly. The dashed line is the built-up area boundary, 3.1 km².
Output areas 2021Built-up area 2022Area Merley built-up area, E63006650
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- People 30% of residents are aged 65 or over 1,623 of 5,491 residents, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Identity Ethnic group, national identity, religion and main language. Census 2021
- Homes 86% of households own their home 1,818 of 2,106 households, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Work and skills 36% of residents aged 16 or over hold a Level 4 qualification or above 1,611 of 4,538 residents, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Health 85% of residents describe their health as good or very good 4,688 of 5,497 residents, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Benefits and low income Benefits for people of State Pension age, children in low-income families, disability and carer benefits, working-age benefits, Housing Benefit and fuel poverty. Each figure's period is shown on the view
- Crime 91 crimes and 16 incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded September 2025 to August 2026 Source: police.uk street-level crime; boundary from Ordnance Survey, via the Office for National Statistics
- Deprivation The overall and seven domain ranks for each neighbourhood. 2025
- House prices and income House prices, incomes and businesses in the area Merley sits in. Each figure's period is shown on the view
- Green space, flood risk and charities 66% of addresses are within 1km of a green or blue space of at least 10 hectares 1,501 of 2,268 addresses, 2026 Source: Defra, Access to green and blue space in England
About these figures
Why census totals differ between tables
The total number of residents or households is not identical in every census table published for Merley. The Office for National Statistics makes small changes to the counts in each published table so that no person can be identified, and the totals of different tables can differ as a result. It says the differences should be small.
Source Office for National Statistics, Protecting personal data in Census 2021 resultsPeriod Released 9 March 2023Area England and Wales
How areas are named
Areas are named in plain words on the charts. Their official codes are kept for anyone who needs to match these figures to the publishers' own tables.
Names beginning “Around” are generated descriptions. Locality names use OS map display priority, then estimated resident totals assigned to the nearest locality from each output area’s representative point. Road names use road length weighted by output-area resident density. These estimates do not locate individual residents or establish recognised neighbourhood names.
Official area codes
| Named on these pages | Official code | Kind of area |
|---|---|---|
| Merley | E63006650 | Built-up area |
| Around Oakley | E01015432 | Lower Layer Super Output Area |
| Around Canford Magna | E01015431 | Lower Layer Super Output Area |
| Around Ashington | E01015433 | Lower Layer Super Output Area |
| Around Rempstone Road | E01015434 | Lower Layer Super Output Area |
| Merley (wider area) | E02003194 | Middle Layer Super Output Area |