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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002997

Oldfield Park West

Oldfield Park West is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,330 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
8,330

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,124

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,888.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

42.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.7%

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.

Moorlands & Greaves, Lancaster5,106 residents · 47.1% owned · 35.8% no carWokingham Road, Reading8,973 residents · 42.6% owned · 30.6% no carSpringvale & Steel Bank, Sheffield5,695 residents · 46.4% owned · 25.9% no carFulford Road & Clementhorpe, York11,774 residents · 48.4% owned · 33.5% no carTang Hall, York10,185 residents · 39.6% owned · 34.6% no carSouthsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no car

Most similar within Bath and North East Somerset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Oldfield Park East, Bath and North East Somerset5,979 residents · 49.2% owned · 29.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Oldfield Park West

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

Tenure

Private rented43.6%
1,361 households
Owned42.6%
1,332 households
Social rented12%
375 households
Shared ownership1.7%
54 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced53.8%
1,680 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement29.1%
909 households
Semi-detached9.6%
299 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.4%
76 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.4%
76 households
Detached2.2%
70 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.1%
1,409 households
No cars or vans in household33.5%
1,046 households
2 cars or vans in household16.7%
522 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
149 households
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.9%
1,029 households
3 bedrooms25.6%
801 households
4 or more bedrooms22.5%
704 households
1 bedroom18.9%
592 households
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household46.8%
1,461 households
One-person household28.6%
893 households
Other household types24.7%
771 households
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.8%
1,057 households
1 person in household28.6%
893 households
4 people in household15.4%
480 households
3 people in household14%
437 households
5 people in household5.8%
181 households
6 people in household1.7%
53 households
7 people in household0.6%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.6%
719 residents
15–2951.2%
4,268 residents
30–4415.6%
1,302 residents
45–6414.3%
1,189 residents
65 and over10.2%
854 residents
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.4%
7,200 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
515 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%
344 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
160 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.3%
110 residents
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications41.2%
3,121 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above36.7%
2,781 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.4%
557 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.1%
538 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.7%
277 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.4%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.6%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.9%
3,856 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)39.1%
2,958 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student10%
756 residents aged 16 and over
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students44.9%
3,400 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
1,054 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.3%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations5.8%
438 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.6%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.4%
411 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.3%
248 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.8%
214 residents aged 16 and over
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.5%
4,536 residents
Good health32.9%
2,739 residents
Fair health9.5%
788 residents
Bad health2.4%
198 residents
Very bad health0.8%
69 residents
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.9%
7,073 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.1%
1,257 residents
Oldfield Park West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension56.1%
1,755 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
983 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.5%
329 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
58 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Oldfield Park West · 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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