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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003565

Bevois Town

Bevois Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,759 residents in Southampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Southampton
6,759

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,710

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,905.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

24.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.0%

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.

Southsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no carWest End & Westcotes, Leicester13,815 residents · 25.0% owned · 47.2% no carWokingham Road, Reading8,973 residents · 42.6% owned · 30.6% no carBurley, Leeds8,464 residents · 25.5% owned · 45.8% no carRoath, Cardiff7,516 residents · 46.6% owned · 31.2% no carSt Paul's, Cheltenham8,096 residents · 40.1% owned · 32.2% no car

Most similar within Southampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

City Centre & The Polygon, Southampton8,966 residents · 23.1% owned · 46.4% no carSt Denys, Southampton7,923 residents · 33.8% owned · 33.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bevois Town

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

Tenure

Private rented61.2%
1,658 households
Owned24.8%
671 households
Social rented13.1%
355 households
Shared ownership1%
26 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement32.9%
891 households
Terraced26.7%
724 households
Semi-detached16.7%
454 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits13.9%
376 households
Detached7.3%
199 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.4%
1,151 households
No cars or vans in household38%
1,031 households
2 cars or vans in household14.8%
402 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.7%
128 households
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms34.1%
926 households
1 bedroom26.8%
727 households
4 or more bedrooms22.8%
619 households
3 bedrooms16.2%
440 households
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household40.2%
1,091 households
One-person household34.5%
935 households
Other household types25.3%
686 households
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.5%
935 households
2 people in household30.1%
815 households
3 people in household14.2%
384 households
4 people in household10.5%
286 households
5 people in household4.9%
134 households
6 people in household3.3%
89 households
7 people in household1.4%
39 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
30 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1510%
673 residents
15–2947.2%
3,191 residents
30–4421.7%
1,467 residents
45–6413.5%
912 residents
65 and over7.6%
514 residents
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White73.9%
4,996 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.1%
883 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
311 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
289 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
277 residents
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37%
2,243 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications31.7%
1,919 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12%
727 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7.8%
473 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.8%
352 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.7%
2,954 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.5%
2,519 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.7%
590 residents aged 16 and over
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students34.1%
2,066 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.9%
783 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.9%
660 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
653 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.2%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.6%
401 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.6%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.6%
3,423 residents
Good health36%
2,431 residents
Fair health9.5%
640 residents
Bad health2.8%
186 residents
Very bad health1.2%
79 residents
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.4%
5,641 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.6%
1,119 residents
Bevois Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.3%
1,283 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
971 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%
356 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
94 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Bevois Town · 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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