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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003082

Weston Hillside

Weston Hillside is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,038 residents in North Somerset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for North Somerset
9,038

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,661

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,903

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Folkestone Central, Folkestone and Hythe6,651 residents · 45.8% owned · 35.2% no carSt Annes Town, Fylde10,050 residents · 57.1% owned · 31.5% no carHeene, Worthing8,906 residents · 49.8% owned · 34.5% no carSeaford Town, Lewes6,488 residents · 61.6% owned · 30.7% no carUpperton, Eastbourne6,961 residents · 55.9% owned · 29.2% no carClaughton South & Oxton North, Wirral7,945 residents · 54.9% owned · 28.9% no car

Most similar within North Somerset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Weston Clarence, North Somerset6,127 residents · 61.8% owned · 24.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Weston Hillside

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

Tenure

Owned55.9%
2,606 households
Private rented39.3%
1,833 households
Social rented4.4%
207 households
Shared ownership0.3%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement32.8%
1,530 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits30.2%
1,408 households
Detached14.8%
692 households
Semi-detached11.6%
541 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.8%
271 households
Terraced3.5%
162 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
53 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.9%
2,187 households
No cars or vans in household26.6%
1,240 households
2 cars or vans in household20%
931 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.5%
304 households
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms40.9%
1,908 households
1 bedroom26%
1,211 households
3 bedrooms18.6%
868 households
4 or more bedrooms14.5%
675 households
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.7%
2,222 households
One-person household46.9%
2,185 households
Other household types5.5%
255 households
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household46.9%
2,185 households
2 people in household35.6%
1,662 households
3 people in household9.7%
454 households
4 people in household5.2%
241 households
5 people in household1.5%
68 households
6 people in household0.6%
27 households
7 people in household0.3%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 159.3%
843 residents
15–2916.2%
1,464 residents
30–4417.5%
1,582 residents
45–6429.9%
2,704 residents
65 and over27.1%
2,450 residents
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
8,498 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
186 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.9%
171 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
106 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
76 residents
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
2,580 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.9%
1,456 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.1%
1,395 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
1,175 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
798 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
493 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.4%
4,508 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43%
3,505 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
1,625 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.1%
1,148 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.2%
1,078 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.2%
996 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.9%
967 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.7%
950 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.2%
590 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
345 residents aged 16 and over
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health38.9%
3,518 residents
Good health36.3%
3,276 residents
Fair health17.2%
1,553 residents
Bad health5.8%
525 residents
Very bad health1.8%
163 residents
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.8%
6,855 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.2%
2,183 residents
Weston Hillside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.5%
2,171 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,596 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.1%
660 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
217 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
21 households
Weston Hillside · 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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