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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003900

Saltash Town & Pillmere

Saltash Town & Pillmere is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,094 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
7,094

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,166

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,291.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Chorley North, Chorley7,986 residents · 66.6% owned · 19.4% no carClayhall & Anglesey, Gosport7,836 residents · 75.2% owned · 18.2% no carChelston, Cockington & Livermead, Torbay11,286 residents · 69.9% owned · 16.8% no carDorchester East, Dorset8,817 residents · 71.3% owned · 18.1% no carRipon South & East, Harrogate10,336 residents · 64.9% owned · 19.8% no carBarnstaple Pilton, North Devon5,728 residents · 66.6% owned · 23.6% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Truro East, Cornwall8,458 residents · 63.3% owned · 19.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Saltash Town & Pillmere

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

Tenure

Owned70.4%
2,230 households
Private rented17.7%
559 households
Social rented10.9%
346 households
Shared ownership0.8%
26 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.7%
1,161 households
Detached24.9%
789 households
Semi-detached22.1%
699 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
361 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.8%
88 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
38 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
27 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.4%
1,469 households
2 cars or vans in household28.3%
896 households
No cars or vans in household16.2%
513 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.1%
288 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.2%
1,527 households
2 bedrooms26%
823 households
4 or more bedrooms18.8%
596 households
1 bedroom6.9%
219 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.3%
2,003 households
One-person household31.7%
1,005 households
Other household types5%
158 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
1,168 households
1 person in household31.7%
1,005 households
3 people in household15.4%
488 households
4 people in household11.2%
354 households
5 people in household3.3%
105 households
6 people in household1%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
11 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,150 residents
15–2914.4%
1,019 residents
30–4416.8%
1,191 residents
45–6427.2%
1,927 residents
65 and over25.5%
1,808 residents
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.3%
6,902 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
97 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
56 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
28 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
10 residents
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
1,855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.2%
1,123 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.4%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
888 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.3%
546 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
403 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.5%
3,254 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,506 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.7%
1,328 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
810 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
717 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
710 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12%
700 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.2%
597 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
382 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.7%
333 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.3%
3,285 residents
Good health34.3%
2,436 residents
Fair health14%
992 residents
Bad health4.2%
295 residents
Very bad health1.2%
86 residents
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.9%
5,665 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.1%
1,429 residents
Saltash Town & Pillmere · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.9%
1,581 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36%
1,140 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.9%
345 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
94 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Saltash Town & Pillmere · 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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