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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003000

Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury

Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,572 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
9,572

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,016

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

205.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

40.7%

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.

Tidenham & Woolaston, Forest of Dean7,621 residents · 76.2% owned · 9.0% no carKempsey & Ryall, Malvern Hills6,929 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.6% no carEast Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary, Babergh10,440 residents · 81.6% owned · 7.3% no carWinscombe, Langford & Blagdon, North Somerset9,045 residents · 78.6% owned · 8.9% no carMarket Bosworth, Barlestone & Sheepy Magna, Hinckley and Bosworth8,677 residents · 77.3% owned · 7.9% no carDownton & Morgan's Vale, Wiltshire7,944 residents · 78.4% owned · 7.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury

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

Tenure

Owned80.4%
3,228 households
Social rented10.2%
408 households
Private rented9%
363 households
Shared ownership0.4%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44.1%
1,773 households
Semi-detached34.8%
1,397 households
Terraced15.7%
631 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.4%
138 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%
27 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
23 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
10 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.9%
1,563 households
1 car or van in household35.3%
1,416 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17%
681 households
No cars or vans in household8.9%
357 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.4%
1,621 households
4 or more bedrooms37.1%
1,491 households
2 bedrooms16.8%
673 households
1 bedroom5.8%
232 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.3%
2,822 households
One-person household25.4%
1,021 households
Other household types4.3%
173 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.1%
1,609 households
1 person in household25.4%
1,022 households
3 people in household15.3%
613 households
4 people in household13.9%
558 households
5 people in household4.1%
166 households
6 people in household0.8%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.5%
1,387 residents
15–2913.2%
1,260 residents
30–4414.6%
1,397 residents
45–6428.9%
2,767 residents
65 and over28.8%
2,761 residents
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
9,283 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
116 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
109 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
36 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
28 residents
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above40.7%
3,295 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,388 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.2%
1,152 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.3%
993 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.2%
663 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
440 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
159 residents aged 16 and over
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
4,443 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
3,506 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.6%
2,073 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,474 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.2%
1,072 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
964 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9%
731 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.8%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.9%
393 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.4%
4,829 residents
Good health33.7%
3,225 residents
Fair health11.9%
1,139 residents
Bad health2.9%
278 residents
Very bad health1.1%
105 residents
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.3%
7,976 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.7%
1,596 residents
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.1%
2,212 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
1,326 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.3%
415 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.6%
63 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Saltford, Farmborough & Timsbury · 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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