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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003553

Swaythling

Swaythling is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,275 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton
7,275

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,391

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,649.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

32.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.3%

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.

Winton, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole10,118 residents · 45.8% owned · 23.1% no carCanley & Westwood Heath, Coventry8,985 residents · 47.8% owned · 31.2% no carChurchill, Oxford7,621 residents · 28.6% owned · 38.1% no carWithington North & Old Moat, Manchester9,461 residents · 34.9% owned · 32.5% no carLeamington Brunswick, Warwick10,330 residents · 35.3% owned · 34.3% no carOldfield Park East, Bath and North East Somerset5,979 residents · 49.2% owned · 29.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Swaythling

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

Tenure

Private rented43.6%
1,042 households
Owned32.7%
782 households
Social rented23%
551 households
Shared ownership0.6%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached58.6%
1,400 households
Terraced14.1%
338 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
272 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.4%
201 households
Detached6.4%
152 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,008 households
No cars or vans in household28.5%
682 households
2 cars or vans in household20.3%
484 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
216 households
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.8%
1,285 households
4 or more bedrooms22.6%
541 households
2 bedrooms12.5%
298 households
1 bedroom11.1%
266 households
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.3%
1,252 households
Other household types25.3%
606 households
One-person household22.4%
537 households
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25.8%
617 households
1 person in household22.4%
534 households
4 people in household17.7%
423 households
3 people in household17.5%
417 households
5 people in household9.4%
225 households
6 people in household4.9%
116 households
7 people in household1.7%
41 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
1,170 residents
15–2940.5%
2,945 residents
30–4418.9%
1,372 residents
45–6416.4%
1,191 residents
65 and over8.2%
600 residents
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White67.6%
4,919 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh21.2%
1,542 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
280 residents
Other ethnic group3.7%
272 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.6%
265 residents
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above30.3%
1,829 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications28.7%
1,733 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.8%
952 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.9%
597 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.7%
466 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
241 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
211 residents aged 16 and over
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.9%
2,947 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)43.1%
2,597 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8%
484 residents aged 16 and over
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students36.3%
2,187 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13%
786 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.4%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
390 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.1%
366 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%
3,642 residents
Good health35.1%
2,557 residents
Fair health10.5%
763 residents
Bad health3.4%
244 residents
Very bad health1%
70 residents
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.2%
6,123 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.8%
1,152 residents
Swaythling · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.7%
925 households
Household is deprived in one dimension37.7%
901 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.7%
423 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.4%
128 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
12 households
Swaythling · 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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