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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003130

St Budeaux

St Budeaux is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,530 residents in Plymouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Plymouth
10,530

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,527

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,625

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.0%

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.

Meadowhead, Blackburn with Darwen7,278 residents · 60.5% owned · 29.6% no carBillingham Central, Stockton-on-Tees9,328 residents · 62.2% owned · 26.6% no carCockerton & Hopetown, Darlington9,733 residents · 59.3% owned · 27.3% no carHaughton Le Skerne, Darlington5,549 residents · 61.6% owned · 24.7% no carSutton Leach, St. Helens10,689 residents · 67.2% owned · 22.7% no carIntake, Sheffield7,424 residents · 66.5% owned · 28.0% no car

Most similar within Plymouth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Efford, Laira & Crabtree, Plymouth9,206 residents · 55.5% owned · 26.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Budeaux

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

Tenure

Owned57.5%
2,601 households
Social rented25.9%
1,171 households
Private rented16.3%
737 households
Shared ownership0.4%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached52.2%
2,362 households
Terraced28.9%
1,308 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.6%
482 households
Detached4.5%
202 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.9%
130 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
23 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.7%
2,115 households
No cars or vans in household24.6%
1,115 households
2 cars or vans in household22.4%
1,014 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.3%
285 households
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.7%
2,389 households
2 bedrooms32%
1,451 households
1 bedroom8.3%
377 households
4 or more bedrooms6.9%
312 households
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.8%
2,983 households
One-person household29.5%
1,337 households
Other household types4.7%
211 households
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.4%
1,604 households
1 person in household29.5%
1,337 households
3 people in household16.9%
765 households
4 people in household12.3%
555 households
5 people in household4%
180 households
6 people in household1.4%
64 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,946 residents
15–2917.4%
1,835 residents
30–4419.3%
2,035 residents
45–6427.2%
2,860 residents
65 and over17.6%
1,853 residents
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
10,215 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
121 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
113 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
47 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
32 residents
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.8%
1,925 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19%
1,609 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,534 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.1%
1,364 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.4%
711 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
237 residents aged 16 and over
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.8%
4,625 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.6%
3,685 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
136 residents aged 16 and over
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.4%
1,555 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.1%
1,441 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.7%
1,242 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
1,046 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.4%
882 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
675 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
644 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.3%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5%
425 residents aged 16 and over
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.5%
4,365 residents
Good health35%
3,686 residents
Fair health15.9%
1,670 residents
Bad health6.2%
651 residents
Very bad health1.5%
158 residents
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.4%
7,939 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.6%
2,591 residents
St Budeaux · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.6%
1,746 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.3%
1,643 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.7%
848 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.3%
285 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
St Budeaux · 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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