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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003007

High Littleton & Paulton

High Littleton & Paulton is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,594 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
9,594

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,951

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

642.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.8%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in High Littleton & Paulton

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

Tenure

Owned75.8%
2,994 households
Private rented12%
473 households
Social rented10.6%
419 households
Shared ownership1.6%
63 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.7%
1,647 households
Detached29.8%
1,177 households
Terraced20%
791 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.1%
241 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household37.7%
1,490 households
1 car or van in household36%
1,424 households
3 or more cars or vans in household16.4%
647 households
No cars or vans in household9.9%
390 households
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.2%
1,824 households
4 or more bedrooms25.1%
992 households
2 bedrooms21.8%
861 households
1 bedroom6.9%
274 households
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.7%
2,753 households
One-person household26%
1,027 households
Other household types4.3%
168 households
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.5%
1,441 households
1 person in household26%
1,028 households
3 people in household16.3%
643 households
4 people in household15.5%
612 households
5 people in household3.8%
152 households
6 people in household1.3%
52 households
7 people in household0.4%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,754 residents
15–2915.7%
1,502 residents
30–4418.4%
1,764 residents
45–6425.9%
2,486 residents
65 and over21.7%
2,086 residents
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
9,361 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
122 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
85 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
17 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
10 residents
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.8%
2,231 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.3%
1,415 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.7%
1,369 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
1,228 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10%
773 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.1%
547 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
175 residents aged 16 and over
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.7%
4,775 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.8%
2,846 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
120 residents aged 16 and over
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,589 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.6%
975 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.5%
970 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
969 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.1%
934 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
373 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
350 residents aged 16 and over
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.9%
4,792 residents
Good health33.3%
3,198 residents
Fair health12.6%
1,212 residents
Bad health3.2%
307 residents
Very bad health0.9%
85 residents
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
8,062 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,532 residents
High Littleton & Paulton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.2%
2,061 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
1,358 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.5%
455 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
75 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
High Littleton & Paulton · 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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