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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003033

Cotham

Cotham is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,785 residents in Bristol, City of. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bristol, City of
8,785

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,501

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,182.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

53.6%

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.

Wokingham Road, Reading8,973 residents · 42.6% owned · 30.6% no carEast Central Oxford, Oxford11,137 residents · 32.7% owned · 44.9% no carSouth Jesmond & Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne8,972 residents · 34.4% owned · 32.8% no carRoath, Cardiff7,516 residents · 46.6% owned · 31.2% no carRound Hill, Brighton and Hove8,967 residents · 40.9% owned · 48.4% no carKingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset6,032 residents · 40.2% owned · 40.2% no car

Most similar within Bristol, City of

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Clifton East, Bristol, City of9,140 residents · 38.2% owned · 30.0% no carKingsdown, Bristol, City of8,681 residents · 33.8% owned · 39.3% no carHotwells, Bristol, City of6,924 residents · 41.8% owned · 33.0% no carClifton Village, Bristol, City of6,209 residents · 44.7% owned · 25.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cotham

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

Tenure

Private rented52.7%
1,846 households
Owned41.5%
1,453 households
Social rented5.3%
185 households
Shared ownership0.5%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits47.1%
1,649 households
Terraced15.8%
553 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.6%
546 households
Semi-detached14%
490 households
Detached3.1%
107 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.5%
88 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.9%
65 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.5%
1,629 households
No cars or vans in household27.8%
972 households
2 cars or vans in household19.3%
677 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.3%
222 households
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms31%
1,086 households
4 or more bedrooms30.3%
1,062 households
1 bedroom24.5%
859 households
3 bedrooms14.1%
493 households
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.3%
1,552 households
One-person household29.5%
1,032 households
Other household types26.2%
917 households
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.2%
1,268 households
1 person in household29.5%
1,032 households
3 people in household13.1%
459 households
4 people in household10.5%
367 households
5 people in household4.8%
168 households
6 people in household2.3%
81 households
8 or more people in household2%
69 households
7 people in household1.6%
56 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.2%
632 residents
15–2951.4%
4,515 residents
30–4417.6%
1,547 residents
45–6415%
1,317 residents
65 and over8.8%
776 residents
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.9%
7,638 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
458 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
447 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
127 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
119 residents
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above53.6%
4,351 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications35.1%
2,850 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.9%
400 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications2.4%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.1%
168 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.1%
87 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship0.9%
70 residents aged 16 and over
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)49.3%
4,005 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
3,315 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.8%
797 residents aged 16 and over
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students37.3%
3,028 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.5%
1,746 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.2%
1,561 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.1%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.3%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.6%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.9%
237 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.3%
183 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.8%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health60.4%
5,303 residents
Good health29.9%
2,628 residents
Fair health7.7%
675 residents
Bad health1.7%
145 residents
Very bad health0.4%
35 residents
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
7,610 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,175 residents
Cotham · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57%
1,994 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.5%
1,138 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.5%
299 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
63 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Cotham · 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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