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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003090

Thornbury North

Thornbury North is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,440 residents in South Gloucestershire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for South Gloucestershire
9,440

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,758

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

441.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.7%

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.

Yatton & Cleeve, North Somerset9,845 residents · 79.4% owned · 9.8% no carMiddleton & Hurworth, Darlington9,369 residents · 79.3% owned · 9.6% no carHethersett, South Norfolk7,201 residents · 73.9% owned · 10.3% no carRolleston-on-Dove & Tutbury, East Staffordshire10,440 residents · 79.7% owned · 11.2% no carDavenham & Moulton, Cheshire West and Chester6,448 residents · 78.1% owned · 7.3% no carBrampton, the Stukeleys and the Alconburys, Huntingdonshire11,548 residents · 70.6% owned · 9.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Thornbury North

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

Tenure

Owned78.3%
2,944 households
Private rented10.9%
411 households
Social rented9.3%
350 households
Shared ownership1.4%
52 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.6%
1,528 households
Semi-detached35.1%
1,321 households
Terraced15.8%
594 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.8%
255 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
23 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
12 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
9 households
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.4%
1,518 households
1 car or van in household37.8%
1,422 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13%
490 households
No cars or vans in household8.7%
328 households
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39%
1,465 households
4 or more bedrooms38.1%
1,433 households
2 bedrooms16.4%
618 households
1 bedroom6.4%
242 households
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.5%
2,687 households
One-person household24.9%
936 households
Other household types3.6%
136 households
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.7%
1,418 households
1 person in household24.9%
936 households
3 people in household16.1%
606 households
4 people in household15.9%
598 households
5 people in household3.9%
148 households
6 people in household1%
38 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
1,763 residents
15–2915%
1,417 residents
30–4420.9%
1,972 residents
45–6423.8%
2,250 residents
65 and over21.6%
2,038 residents
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
9,000 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
194 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
131 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
67 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
49 residents
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.7%
3,241 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
1,254 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,087 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
788 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
653 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
397 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
4,429 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40%
3,036 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.6%
1,943 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.2%
1,455 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14%
1,060 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
718 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9%
686 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%
364 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
318 residents aged 16 and over
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.4%
4,761 residents
Good health33.6%
3,168 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,117 residents
Bad health3.3%
313 residents
Very bad health0.9%
81 residents
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
7,730 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,710 residents
Thornbury North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.4%
2,195 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
1,180 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.8%
329 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
49 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Thornbury North · 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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