UK neighbourhood type
UK Output Area Classification
Supergroup
Retired Professionals
Group
Spacious Rural Living
Nationally, the Matterson surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Matterson household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.
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Group profile
These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.
Wider pattern
Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.