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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002991

Central Bath & Lansdown

Central Bath & Lansdown is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,998 residents in Bath and North East Somerset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bath and North East Somerset
10,998

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,466

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,928

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

43.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.8%

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.

Winchester Central & South, Winchester10,700 residents · 49.8% owned · 28.9% no carSouthsea West, Portsmouth6,748 residents · 36.6% owned · 38.5% no carOld Portsmouth & Southsea Common, Portsmouth8,087 residents · 44.8% owned · 34.8% no carCentral Harrogate, Harrogate9,212 residents · 46.1% owned · 28.2% no carLansdown & Montpellier, Cheltenham9,913 residents · 46.3% owned · 27.3% no carSouthsea Waverley Road, Portsmouth6,165 residents · 53.0% owned · 29.4% no car

Most similar within Bath and North East Somerset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset6,032 residents · 40.2% owned · 40.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Central Bath & Lansdown

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

Tenure

Owned43%
2,348 households
Private rented39.8%
2,173 households
Social rented16.2%
884 households
Shared ownership1.1%
59 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.6%
1,670 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits28.2%
1,543 households
Terraced13.8%
754 households
Detached11.3%
618 households
Semi-detached6.5%
358 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.1%
280 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.2%
231 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
12 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.2%
2,249 households
No cars or vans in household38.8%
2,118 households
2 cars or vans in household16.3%
893 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
204 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom32.2%
1,762 households
2 bedrooms31.4%
1,718 households
4 or more bedrooms18.4%
1,005 households
3 bedrooms17.9%
979 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.5%
2,597 households
One-person household42.5%
2,322 households
Other household types10%
548 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.5%
2,322 households
2 people in household38.1%
2,083 households
3 people in household9.2%
502 households
4 people in household7.3%
397 households
5 people in household2%
112 households
6 people in household0.5%
30 households
7 people in household0.2%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510.4%
1,142 residents
15–2929.8%
3,278 residents
30–4417.9%
1,964 residents
45–6423.5%
2,580 residents
65 and over18.5%
2,033 residents
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86%
9,459 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.3%
799 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
391 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
181 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
167 residents
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57.8%
5,632 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,773 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9%
876 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications6.5%
630 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.4%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.3%
5,195 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.4%
4,129 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.3%
417 residents aged 16 and over
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
2,239 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22%
2,147 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students17.8%
1,735 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.4%
1,011 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.5%
727 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.5%
631 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.1%
395 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3%
294 residents aged 16 and over
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.8%
6,031 residents
Good health31.4%
3,458 residents
Fair health10.1%
1,114 residents
Bad health2.9%
317 residents
Very bad health0.7%
76 residents
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
9,294 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
1,704 residents
Central Bath & Lansdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.9%
3,218 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
1,637 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.7%
475 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
122 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
11 households
Central Bath & Lansdown · 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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