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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003899

Mid Saltash

Mid Saltash is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,281 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
5,281

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,382

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,633.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

65.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.1%

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.

Mynydd-bach, Swansea8,947 residents · 63.9% owned · 24.3% no carWickersley North, Rotherham8,292 residents · 65.7% owned · 21.8% no carSwinton North, Rotherham8,546 residents · 67.2% owned · 23.4% no carGrantham North East, South Kesteven10,026 residents · 62.7% owned · 22.7% no carWalmer, Dover7,716 residents · 64.4% owned · 23.8% no carMoreton West, Wirral8,156 residents · 69.9% owned · 23.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Mid Saltash

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

Tenure

Owned65.7%
1,565 households
Social rented21.3%
508 households
Private rented11.4%
272 households
Shared ownership0.9%
22 households
Lives rent free0.6%
15 households
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.7%
945 households
Terraced29.5%
703 households
Detached18.7%
445 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.3%
246 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.4%
1,081 households
2 cars or vans in household25.5%
607 households
No cars or vans in household20.1%
479 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
215 households
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.7%
1,159 households
2 bedrooms28.6%
682 households
4 or more bedrooms12.5%
297 households
1 bedroom10.2%
244 households
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.6%
1,542 households
One-person household32.2%
769 households
Other household types3.2%
77 households
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38%
906 households
1 person in household32.3%
769 households
3 people in household14.4%
344 households
4 people in household10.7%
256 households
5 people in household3%
71 households
6 people in household1.2%
28 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
831 residents
15–2913.1%
693 residents
30–4416%
844 residents
45–6426.2%
1,381 residents
65 and over29%
1,530 residents
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.4%
5,198 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
36 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
32 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
13 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
5 residents
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,056 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20%
878 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19%
836 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
676 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship9.6%
422 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
413 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
111 residents aged 16 and over
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.6%
2,221 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.5%
2,129 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
43 residents aged 16 and over
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
819 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.4%
718 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.5%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.5%
591 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
483 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
360 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
311 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
299 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.5%
2,298 residents
Good health32.1%
1,694 residents
Fair health16.7%
883 residents
Bad health5.7%
302 residents
Very bad health2%
104 residents
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.2%
3,971 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.8%
1,310 residents
Mid Saltash · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.4%
1,010 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
874 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
410 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.5%
84 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Mid Saltash · 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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