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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003075

Backwell & Flax Bourton

Backwell & Flax Bourton is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,198 residents in North Somerset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for North Somerset
6,198

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,399

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

222.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

48.5%

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.

Langton Green, Speldhurst & Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells7,662 residents · 81.3% owned · 8.1% no carGoring, Woodcote & Whitchurch, South Oxfordshire8,234 residents · 78.5% owned · 7.2% no carKnotty Green & Holmer Green, Buckinghamshire8,935 residents · 83.7% owned · 6.5% no carChew, Bishop Sutton & East Harptree, Bath and North East Somerset6,772 residents · 80.5% owned · 4.8% no carBorough Green, Wrotham & Shipbourne, Tonbridge and Malling11,752 residents · 76.6% owned · 7.4% no carBalsall Common, Solihull8,265 residents · 84.1% owned · 7.7% no car

Most similar within North Somerset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Long Ashton & Gordano, North Somerset13,360 residents · 82.4% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Backwell & Flax Bourton

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

Tenure

Owned83.3%
1,999 households
Private rented10.8%
260 households
Social rented5.5%
133 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached56.3%
1,353 households
Semi-detached29.4%
706 households
Terraced9.6%
231 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2%
47 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.1%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.7%
953 households
1 car or van in household35%
839 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.6%
446 households
No cars or vans in household6.7%
160 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms50.1%
1,202 households
3 bedrooms35.6%
853 households
2 bedrooms10.7%
256 households
1 bedroom3.6%
86 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.1%
1,776 households
One-person household21%
504 households
Other household types4.9%
117 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.7%
856 households
1 person in household21%
504 households
4 people in household19.3%
462 households
3 people in household16.8%
404 households
5 people in household5.8%
140 households
6 people in household1%
24 households
7 people in household0.3%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.4%
1,200 residents
15–2912.5%
774 residents
30–4415.9%
987 residents
45–6429.1%
1,803 residents
65 and over23.1%
1,435 residents
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.1%
5,957 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
114 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
86 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
23 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above48.5%
2,380 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
762 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
630 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.5%
465 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
375 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
196 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
2,895 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.2%
1,926 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
91 residents aged 16 and over
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.1%
1,233 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,152 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.3%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
601 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.5%
370 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
266 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.7%
183 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
166 residents aged 16 and over
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health56.8%
3,523 residents
Good health29.5%
1,829 residents
Fair health10.2%
632 residents
Bad health2.5%
157 residents
Very bad health0.9%
57 residents
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.9%
5,324 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.1%
871 residents
Backwell & Flax Bourton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.8%
1,457 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.5%
708 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
212 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
21 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Backwell & Flax Bourton · 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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