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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003153

Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe

Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,440 residents in Plymouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Plymouth
7,440

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,335

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,097.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.5%

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.

Carlisle Belah, Carlisle7,491 residents · 78.8% owned · 16.2% no carScale Hall & Torrisholme, Lancaster12,192 residents · 74.0% owned · 20.6% no carBaddley & Milton, Stoke-on-Trent9,571 residents · 81.0% owned · 13.9% no carGarforth West, Leeds6,299 residents · 69.3% owned · 22.9% no carSpital & Hasland, Chesterfield11,420 residents · 70.8% owned · 20.1% no carYeovil Preston Plucknett, South Somerset7,200 residents · 64.6% owned · 16.1% no car

Most similar within Plymouth

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth7,324 residents · 67.7% owned · 17.1% no carCrownhill, Plymouth6,411 residents · 65.1% owned · 18.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe

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

Tenure

Owned72.6%
2,421 households
Private rented21.8%
726 households
Social rented4.6%
152 households
Shared ownership1%
35 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47.6%
1,589 households
Detached23.7%
791 households
Terraced20.4%
680 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.1%
238 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46%
1,533 households
2 cars or vans in household30.3%
1,010 households
No cars or vans in household13.9%
463 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.9%
329 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.1%
1,639 households
2 bedrooms26.5%
885 households
4 or more bedrooms16.5%
551 households
1 bedroom7.8%
260 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.6%
2,188 households
One-person household31.4%
1,048 households
Other household types3%
99 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.2%
1,239 households
1 person in household31.5%
1,049 households
3 people in household14.9%
497 households
4 people in household12.5%
416 households
5 people in household3.1%
103 households
6 people in household0.7%
24 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,227 residents
15–2914.9%
1,108 residents
30–4417.8%
1,324 residents
45–6425.7%
1,915 residents
65 and over25.1%
1,864 residents
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.1%
7,220 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
74 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
71 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
41 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
33 residents
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.5%
1,748 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.9%
1,281 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15%
922 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.8%
910 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
567 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.5%
522 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%
3,466 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.6%
2,553 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.3%
1,426 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.5%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14%
857 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
718 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
578 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
439 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.5%
3,537 residents
Good health34.2%
2,543 residents
Fair health13.1%
971 residents
Bad health3.9%
289 residents
Very bad health1.3%
100 residents
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
5,999 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
1,441 residents
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.2%
1,709 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%
1,136 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
404 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
85 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Plymstock Goosewell & Staddiscombe · 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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