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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002795

Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe

Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,284 residents in York. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for York
8,284

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,580

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

431.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

86.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.3%

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.

Knaresborough South & Follifoot, Harrogate5,890 residents · 88.2% owned · 7.7% no carBaildon North, Bradford6,363 residents · 82.5% owned · 12.6% no carHoughton, Hemingford & Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire10,037 residents · 77.0% owned · 8.0% no carRadcliffe on Trent & Shelford, Rushcliffe9,252 residents · 81.2% owned · 14.4% no carKeynsham East, Bath and North East Somerset5,771 residents · 83.7% owned · 12.3% no carKesgrave East & Martlesham, East Suffolk13,090 residents · 77.1% owned · 8.5% no car

Most similar within York

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wigginton, York6,081 residents · 89.4% owned · 12.9% no carDunnington, Elvington & Wheldrake, York6,579 residents · 84.5% owned · 9.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe

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

Tenure

Owned86.4%
3,093 households
Private rented9.2%
328 households
Social rented4%
142 households
Shared ownership0.4%
13 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached51.8%
1,854 households
Semi-detached31.3%
1,122 households
Terraced10.5%
377 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure4.1%
148 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.7%
60 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
8 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
5 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.7%
1,601 households
2 cars or vans in household34.5%
1,235 households
No cars or vans in household10.8%
388 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10%
358 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.9%
1,392 households
3 bedrooms30.9%
1,108 households
2 bedrooms26.9%
963 households
1 bedroom3.3%
117 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.6%
2,565 households
One-person household25.3%
907 households
Other household types3%
108 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.3%
1,513 households
1 person in household25.3%
907 households
4 people in household15.1%
541 households
3 people in household13.3%
477 households
5 people in household3.2%
115 households
6 people in household0.6%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.9%
1,316 residents
15–2911.2%
926 residents
30–4414.6%
1,208 residents
45–6428.7%
2,381 residents
65 and over29.6%
2,452 residents
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
8,079 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
93 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
79 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
19 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.3%
3,047 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
1,048 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
877 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
852 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
498 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
397 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
154 residents aged 16 and over
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.6%
3,683 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45%
3,092 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.8%
1,771 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.2%
1,389 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
864 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.3%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.6%
658 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.4%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
350 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
287 residents aged 16 and over
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.2%
4,153 residents
Good health34.7%
2,873 residents
Fair health11.4%
948 residents
Bad health3.1%
253 residents
Very bad health0.7%
54 residents
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6%
7,003 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.4%
1,278 residents
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.8%
2,105 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.1%
1,112 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
325 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Bishopthorpe & Copmanthorpe · 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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