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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003003

Odd Down

Odd Down is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,923 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
5,923

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,362

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,557.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.6%

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.

Earl Place & Lime Tree Park, Coventry6,294 residents · 68.2% owned · 20.2% no carLoughborough - Shelthorpe & Woodthorpe, Charnwood10,686 residents · 59.8% owned · 19.7% no carLightoaks, Salford5,722 residents · 69.6% owned · 24.0% no carScotforth East & Bowerham, Lancaster5,620 residents · 70.6% owned · 22.9% no carBangor South, Gwynedd8,377 residents · 53.9% owned · 22.8% no carMilton, Portsmouth9,434 residents · 66.2% owned · 24.2% no car

Most similar within Bath and North East Somerset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Southdown, Bath and North East Somerset5,641 residents · 62.1% owned · 22.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Odd Down

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

Tenure

Owned62.3%
1,472 households
Private rented19.1%
452 households
Social rented17%
401 households
Shared ownership1.5%
35 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.1%
995 households
Semi-detached41%
969 households
Detached10.9%
258 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.7%
111 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
13 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
1,041 households
2 cars or vans in household27.7%
654 households
No cars or vans in household19.9%
469 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.4%
198 households
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.8%
1,270 households
2 bedrooms25.4%
600 households
4 or more bedrooms16.1%
380 households
1 bedroom4.7%
111 households
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63%
1,489 households
One-person household26.1%
616 households
Other household types10.9%
258 households
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.1%
782 households
1 person in household26.1%
616 households
3 people in household17.9%
423 households
4 people in household15.8%
373 households
5 people in household4.6%
108 households
6 people in household2%
47 households
7 people in household0.3%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
962 residents
15–2922.9%
1,354 residents
30–4419.9%
1,179 residents
45–6424.2%
1,431 residents
65 and over16.8%
996 residents
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.2%
5,158 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.8%
343 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
192 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
115 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.9%
110 residents
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.6%
1,744 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications22.1%
1,083 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.2%
696 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.5%
562 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
422 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.5%
2,818 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.2%
1,924 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.3%
945 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.8%
678 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.5%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.1%
544 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.1%
497 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
279 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.7%
2,944 residents
Good health32.5%
1,925 residents
Fair health13%
771 residents
Bad health3.7%
221 residents
Very bad health1.1%
64 residents
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
4,870 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,052 residents
Odd Down · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.3%
1,189 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
775 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.8%
325 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
69 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Odd 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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