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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002996

Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down

Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,773 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
11,773

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,586

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,872.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.6%

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.

Edgbaston South & University, Birmingham10,274 residents · 55.3% owned · 25.7% no carEndcliffe & Ranmoor, Sheffield8,238 residents · 74.4% owned · 15.6% no carPennsylvania & University, Exeter11,065 residents · 74.0% owned · 14.1% no carEnglefield Green & University, Runnymede11,826 residents · 49.7% owned · 19.1% no carBassett Green, Southampton8,494 residents · 63.8% owned · 15.2% no carOnslow Village and University, Guildford8,974 residents · 51.1% owned · 28.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down

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

Tenure

Owned64.3%
2,306 households
Private rented29.2%
1,046 households
Social rented5.5%
198 households
Shared ownership1%
36 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced33.9%
1,215 households
Semi-detached19.2%
690 households
Detached17.2%
616 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.9%
463 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11.9%
426 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.2%
78 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
61 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
38 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.8%
1,644 households
No cars or vans in household26.3%
944 households
2 cars or vans in household21.7%
778 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%
221 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms38.5%
1,382 households
3 bedrooms25.4%
910 households
2 bedrooms23.9%
859 households
1 bedroom12.2%
436 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.3%
2,021 households
One-person household28.4%
1,017 households
Other household types15.3%
549 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.9%
1,358 households
1 person in household28.4%
1,017 households
3 people in household13.6%
487 households
4 people in household12.7%
456 households
5 people in household4.7%
169 households
6 people in household1.8%
65 households
7 people in household0.5%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.9%
1,053 residents
15–2948.5%
5,712 residents
30–4410.3%
1,208 residents
45–6417.6%
2,068 residents
65 and over14.7%
1,733 residents
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85%
10,006 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8%
947 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
490 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
178 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
149 residents
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications42.1%
4,463 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above41.6%
4,412 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.1%
649 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications4.2%
450 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.4%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.6%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive59.4%
6,302 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)32.9%
3,489 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.7%
818 residents aged 16 and over
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students46.6%
4,945 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
1,718 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.8%
1,573 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.6%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.1%
541 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.7%
391 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.3%
347 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.1%
225 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.6%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.4%
6,874 residents
Good health31.8%
3,739 residents
Fair health7.8%
924 residents
Bad health1.7%
196 residents
Very bad health0.3%
40 residents
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.3%
10,278 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.7%
1,495 residents
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.9%
2,183 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.5%
1,093 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.7%
275 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
35 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Widcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down · 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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