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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003525

Wymering

Wymering is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,440 residents in Portsmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Portsmouth
6,440

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,586

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,199.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

35.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.0%

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.

Highridge, Bristol, City of6,266 residents · 46.9% owned · 26.0% no carBalderstone & Kirkholt, Rochdale10,402 residents · 50.6% owned · 31.3% no carStockheath Common, Havant8,967 residents · 48.0% owned · 29.0% no carBradley, Wolverhampton8,435 residents · 50.5% owned · 28.0% no carLawrence Weston, Bristol, City of8,507 residents · 40.9% owned · 30.5% no carParkwood & Senacre, Maidstone12,180 residents · 44.1% owned · 26.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wymering

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

Tenure

Owned40.6%
1,049 households
Social rented39.4%
1,018 households
Private rented18.8%
487 households
Shared ownership0.7%
19 households
Lives rent free0.5%
13 households
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached37.5%
970 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.6%
791 households
Terraced25.2%
650 households
Detached2.4%
63 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
48 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.8%
1,053 households
No cars or vans in household35.3%
912 households
2 cars or vans in household18.1%
468 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
149 households
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.4%
1,197 households
2 bedrooms31.9%
824 households
1 bedroom12.1%
312 households
4 or more bedrooms9.6%
249 households
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.1%
1,655 households
One-person household27%
698 households
Other household types8.9%
230 households
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.2%
833 households
1 person in household27%
698 households
3 people in household19.3%
500 households
4 people in household12.3%
317 households
5 people in household6.1%
157 households
6 people in household2%
52 households
7 people in household0.7%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521%
1,351 residents
15–2919.8%
1,273 residents
30–4422.7%
1,462 residents
45–6423.5%
1,514 residents
65 and over13%
839 residents
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.2%
5,555 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.9%
511 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.7%
173 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.3%
148 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
57 residents
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.2%
1,412 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15%
752 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
738 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.2%
610 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.7%
2,990 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive38%
1,900 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.6%
930 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.1%
856 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.4%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
527 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.8%
342 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.4%
269 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5%
248 residents aged 16 and over
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46%
2,965 residents
Good health32.1%
2,070 residents
Fair health15%
963 residents
Bad health5.3%
342 residents
Very bad health1.6%
100 residents
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.3%
5,104 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.7%
1,336 residents
Wymering · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
927 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.9%
902 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.5%
555 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7%
182 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
18 households
Wymering · 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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