Vehicle barriers in Staines-upon-Thames

Staines-upon-Thames is the Census 2021 built-up area E63005105 in South East. ONS counted 21,325 usual residents and a median age of 41.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 12.3%, then Information and communication at 11.7%, then Transportation and storage at 10.3%.

Accommodation: Flat, maisonette or apartment at 33.9%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 30.2%, then Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 19%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 16.3%. Tenure: Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 33.8%, then Owned: owns outright at 32.2%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 22.8%, then Rented: social rented at 11.1%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 23.8% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 63% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Flats are the largest accommodation group, so basement and podium ramps are the housing form that actually needs a boom.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in South East include Stanwell, Sunbury-on-Thames, Swanley.