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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003101

Bradley Stoke Central

Bradley Stoke Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,662 residents in South Gloucestershire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for South Gloucestershire
10,662

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,345

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,103.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

10.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.4%

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.

Bicester North, Cherwell6,726 residents · 66.8% owned · 8.9% no carChelmer Village, Chelmsford9,348 residents · 66.7% owned · 13.1% no carMoreton Hall, West Suffolk7,688 residents · 65.7% owned · 8.2% no carDidcot Ladygrove, South Oxfordshire8,115 residents · 66.0% owned · 9.7% no carKingshill & Okus, Swindon8,572 residents · 65.6% owned · 15.7% no carRoughmoor, Swindon6,017 residents · 71.7% owned · 9.4% no car

Most similar within South Gloucestershire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bradley Stoke North East, South Gloucestershire10,030 residents · 66.2% owned · 9.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bradley Stoke Central

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

Tenure

Owned60.6%
2,635 households
Private rented31.2%
1,354 households
Social rented7.8%
341 households
Shared ownership0.3%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached38%
1,652 households
Terraced29.8%
1,294 households
Semi-detached19.6%
854 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.5%
499 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.2%
1,966 households
2 cars or vans in household33.8%
1,469 households
No cars or vans in household10.6%
463 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.3%
450 households
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms32.6%
1,416 households
2 bedrooms31.2%
1,356 households
4 or more bedrooms26.8%
1,165 households
1 bedroom9.4%
407 households
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69%
2,995 households
One-person household25%
1,085 households
Other household types6.1%
263 households
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.3%
1,492 households
1 person in household25%
1,085 households
3 people in household18.2%
789 households
4 people in household17.3%
750 households
5 people in household3.9%
171 households
6 people in household1.1%
46 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.9%
2,014 residents
15–2919.7%
2,100 residents
30–4424.4%
2,603 residents
45–6427.2%
2,902 residents
65 and over9.7%
1,038 residents
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.5%
8,687 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.3%
1,204 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
316 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
256 residents
Other ethnic group1.9%
199 residents
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.4%
3,613 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.3%
1,557 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
1,181 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.4%
800 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.8%
752 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.8%
409 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)72.5%
6,181 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive25.1%
2,137 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.1%
1,972 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.9%
1,694 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.7%
1,171 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.3%
874 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.1%
864 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.2%
354 residents aged 16 and over
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.8%
5,732 residents
Good health34.4%
3,667 residents
Fair health8.9%
950 residents
Bad health2.3%
245 residents
Very bad health0.6%
69 residents
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.3%
9,301 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.7%
1,358 residents
Bradley Stoke Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension61.4%
2,668 households
Household is deprived in one dimension29.5%
1,280 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.7%
335 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Bradley Stoke Central · 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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