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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003097

Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,504 residents in South Gloucestershire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for South Gloucestershire
6,504

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,884

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,284.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.8%

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.

Nailsea West, North Somerset9,249 residents · 77.7% owned · 15.8% no carStubbington, Fareham7,224 residents · 82.1% owned · 14.0% no carPontefract South West, Wakefield7,471 residents · 77.9% owned · 17.6% no carLower Wick & Bromwich Road, Worcester8,737 residents · 75.3% owned · 15.5% no carKesgrave West & Rushmere, East Suffolk9,325 residents · 78.4% owned · 11.7% no carBarry Dyfan & Illtyd, Vale of Glamorgan5,301 residents · 90.8% owned · 8.8% no car

Most similar within South Gloucestershire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Thornbury South, South Gloucestershire6,721 residents · 74.7% owned · 14.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Chipping Sodbury

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

Tenure

Owned79.2%
2,284 households
Private rented10.9%
315 households
Social rented8.9%
257 households
Shared ownership1%
28 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.4%
1,166 households
Semi-detached38.7%
1,115 households
Terraced12.3%
354 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.3%
181 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
31 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.5%
1,167 households
2 cars or vans in household33.5%
965 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.1%
378 households
No cars or vans in household13%
374 households
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.4%
1,281 households
4 or more bedrooms33.3%
959 households
2 bedrooms15.8%
455 households
1 bedroom6.6%
189 households
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.7%
1,892 households
One-person household30.1%
867 households
Other household types4.2%
121 households
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.5%
1,138 households
1 person in household30.1%
867 households
3 people in household13.3%
383 households
4 people in household11.9%
343 households
5 people in household4%
114 households
6 people in household1%
30 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.3%
928 residents
15–2913.6%
887 residents
30–4415.9%
1,034 residents
45–6426.3%
1,712 residents
65 and over29.8%
1,938 residents
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
6,306 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
91 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
70 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
21 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.8%
1,860 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
968 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
795 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.4%
793 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.1%
555 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
363 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
3,028 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
2,390 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
86 residents aged 16 and over
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
1,284 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.5%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.1%
832 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.4%
626 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.9%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
525 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
297 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
255 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
232 residents aged 16 and over
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.8%
3,045 residents
Good health35%
2,277 residents
Fair health13.3%
862 residents
Bad health3.9%
255 residents
Very bad health1%
63 residents
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.5%
5,300 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.5%
1,202 residents
Chipping Sodbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.9%
1,497 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
1,050 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.4%
299 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
35 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Chipping Sodbury · 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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