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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003143

Plympton St Maurice

Plympton St Maurice is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,324 residents in Plymouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Plymouth
7,324

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,284

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,833.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.3%

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.

Ossett South East & Horbury Bridge, Wakefield9,050 residents · 65.5% owned · 21.5% no carYeovil Preston Plucknett, South Somerset7,200 residents · 64.6% owned · 16.1% no carExmouth Withycombe Raleigh, East Devon7,541 residents · 66.2% owned · 16.8% no carScale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carRoyal Wootton Bassett Town, Wiltshire7,668 residents · 64.7% owned · 15.6% no carOssett North, Wakefield9,081 residents · 69.1% owned · 17.5% no car

Most similar within Plymouth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe, Plymouth7,440 residents · 72.6% owned · 13.9% no carCrownhill, Plymouth6,411 residents · 65.1% owned · 18.3% no carHigher Compton & Eggbuckland, Plymouth7,129 residents · 75.2% owned · 16.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plympton St Maurice

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

Tenure

Owned67.7%
2,224 households
Private rented17%
559 households
Social rented14.6%
479 households
Shared ownership0.6%
20 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.1%
1,350 households
Terraced26.4%
866 households
Detached19.8%
649 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.2%
369 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
36 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
11 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
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.6%
1,365 households
2 cars or vans in household31.3%
1,029 households
No cars or vans in household17.1%
560 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10%
330 households
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.9%
1,508 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
849 households
4 or more bedrooms18.1%
593 households
1 bedroom10.2%
335 households
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.5%
2,150 households
One-person household31.1%
1,022 households
Other household types3.3%
109 households
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.1%
1,218 households
1 person in household31.2%
1,025 households
3 people in household15.3%
503 households
4 people in household11.4%
376 households
5 people in household3.9%
127 households
6 people in household0.9%
29 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,245 residents
15–2915%
1,099 residents
30–4418.4%
1,345 residents
45–6427.2%
1,992 residents
65 and over22.4%
1,642 residents
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.8%
7,160 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
81 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
38 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
22 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
21 residents
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.3%
1,518 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21.5%
1,289 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
923 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.6%
875 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
697 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship9%
540 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.2%
3,490 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.9%
2,394 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.5%
1,288 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations15.8%
946 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
880 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.3%
799 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.1%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
486 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
262 residents aged 16 and over
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.5%
3,408 residents
Good health34.6%
2,537 residents
Fair health13.4%
980 residents
Bad health4.3%
315 residents
Very bad health1.1%
84 residents
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
5,899 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
1,425 residents
Plympton St Maurice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.3%
1,587 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.2%
1,156 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.3%
436 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
102 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Plympton St Maurice · 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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