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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003136

Plympton St Mary

Plympton St Mary is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,730 residents in Plymouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Plymouth
7,730

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,327

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,825.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.5%

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.

Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees7,454 residents · 83.5% owned · 13.2% no carMarshside, Sefton6,850 residents · 86.1% owned · 13.2% no carMarske, Redcar and Cleveland13,088 residents · 78.0% owned · 16.4% no carHerrington & Doxford, Sunderland6,883 residents · 81.0% owned · 15.9% no carChapeltown, Sheffield10,998 residents · 80.0% owned · 16.6% no carHucclecote, Gloucester7,382 residents · 82.8% owned · 14.1% no car

Most similar within Plymouth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Plymstock Elburton, Plymouth8,365 residents · 82.6% owned · 13.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plympton St Mary

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

Tenure

Owned82.6%
2,747 households
Private rented11.8%
394 households
Social rented5%
168 households
Shared ownership0.5%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached57.6%
1,918 households
Detached19%
634 households
Terraced11.4%
378 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.9%
329 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41%
1,364 households
2 cars or vans in household32.8%
1,092 households
No cars or vans in household14%
467 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.1%
404 households
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.2%
1,705 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
741 households
4 or more bedrooms20.2%
673 households
1 bedroom6.3%
208 households
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.5%
2,282 households
One-person household27.6%
919 households
Other household types3.9%
130 households
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.2%
1,371 households
1 person in household27.6%
918 households
3 people in household14.2%
472 households
4 people in household12.7%
422 households
5 people in household3.1%
104 households
6 people in household0.9%
31 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.7%
1,056 residents
15–2913.5%
1,044 residents
30–4414.9%
1,149 residents
45–6427.4%
2,117 residents
65 and over30.6%
2,364 residents
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98%
7,573 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
75 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
40 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
37 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
5 residents
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.5%
1,748 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
1,113 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
973 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship9.3%
611 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
610 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.2%
3,443 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.6%
3,010 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.9%
1,445 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.6%
1,028 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.2%
867 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.4%
753 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.4%
685 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
587 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%
457 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.5%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
340 residents aged 16 and over
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45%
3,475 residents
Good health34.2%
2,640 residents
Fair health14.8%
1,144 residents
Bad health4.7%
365 residents
Very bad health1.4%
106 residents
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.8%
6,094 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.2%
1,636 residents
Plympton St Mary · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.5%
1,680 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
1,181 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.5%
415 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Plympton St Mary · 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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