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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003159

Ellacombe

Ellacombe is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,025 residents in Torbay. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Torbay
6,025

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,590

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,152.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Folkestone Foord, Folkestone and Hythe7,656 residents · 49.7% owned · 31.2% no carRamsgate Ellington, Thanet8,139 residents · 58.5% owned · 25.7% no carNewquay East, Cornwall10,077 residents · 63.1% owned · 19.6% no carBarnstaple South, North Devon8,562 residents · 57.4% owned · 22.8% no carSalmestone, Thanet7,882 residents · 57.7% owned · 25.6% no carSilverhill, Hastings8,796 residents · 63.8% owned · 24.1% no car

Most similar within Torbay

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Upton & Hele, Torbay6,846 residents · 50.8% owned · 29.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ellacombe

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

Tenure

Owned59.7%
1,545 households
Private rented36.8%
953 households
Social rented2.9%
76 households
Shared ownership0.6%
15 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced54%
1,399 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits14.8%
383 households
Semi-detached13.3%
344 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
294 households
Detached4.5%
117 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.5%
38 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
1,131 households
No cars or vans in household25.2%
652 households
2 cars or vans in household23.6%
611 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
198 households
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.9%
1,033 households
2 bedrooms28%
725 households
4 or more bedrooms17.6%
456 households
1 bedroom14.6%
378 households
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.7%
1,523 households
One-person household33.8%
877 households
Other household types7.5%
195 households
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.8%
877 households
2 people in household32.4%
839 households
3 people in household15.6%
403 households
4 people in household11%
285 households
5 people in household4.5%
117 households
6 people in household1.5%
38 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
18 households
7 people in household0.5%
14 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,147 residents
15–2917.5%
1,056 residents
30–4419.5%
1,173 residents
45–6427.7%
1,671 residents
65 and over16.3%
981 residents
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.2%
5,864 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
77 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
54 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
18 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
17 residents
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,153 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20%
962 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.8%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
746 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13%
624 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.2%
345 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.6%
2,959 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37%
1,775 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
67 residents aged 16 and over
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations16.8%
808 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.7%
803 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.9%
715 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.3%
687 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.2%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.8%
376 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
344 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.2%
298 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
231 residents aged 16 and over
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.1%
2,778 residents
Good health33.3%
2,004 residents
Fair health14.2%
854 residents
Bad health5.3%
322 residents
Very bad health1.1%
67 residents
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.5%
4,727 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.5%
1,298 residents
Ellacombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.4%
1,125 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
891 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.6%
431 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
133 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
12 households
Ellacombe · 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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