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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003941

Bodmin East

Bodmin East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,921 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
8,921

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,740

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,015.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.4%

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.

Market Drayton, Shropshire12,588 residents · 65.0% owned · 17.6% no carTotton Town, New Forest7,736 residents · 68.2% owned · 19.8% no carChard North & East, South Somerset7,349 residents · 65.6% owned · 14.4% no carEarl Shilton, Hinckley and Bosworth10,630 residents · 67.4% owned · 14.4% no carWorksop Town & South, Bassetlaw6,951 residents · 67.4% owned · 19.7% no carNewport South & West, Isle of Wight9,416 residents · 71.3% owned · 19.0% no car

Most similar within Cornwall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Launceston, Cornwall10,248 residents · 55.5% owned · 17.5% no carPool & Illogan Highway, Cornwall9,036 residents · 63.7% owned · 14.1% no carHayle, Cornwall10,298 residents · 62.9% owned · 16.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bodmin East

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

Tenure

Owned59%
2,207 households
Private rented24.2%
904 households
Social rented15.4%
576 households
Shared ownership1.4%
51 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached35.6%
1,332 households
Semi-detached25.3%
945 households
Terraced22.4%
840 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.7%
401 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.7%
100 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.1%
77 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
45 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.4%
1,587 households
2 cars or vans in household28.5%
1,066 households
No cars or vans in household17.2%
643 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.9%
446 households
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.3%
1,622 households
2 bedrooms25.3%
948 households
4 or more bedrooms21.1%
789 households
1 bedroom10.3%
384 households
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64%
2,392 households
One-person household29.3%
1,094 households
Other household types6.7%
252 households
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
1,360 households
1 person in household29.2%
1,094 households
3 people in household15.7%
588 households
4 people in household11.9%
447 households
5 people in household4.4%
163 households
6 people in household1.6%
61 households
7 people in household0.6%
22 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,553 residents
15–2917.4%
1,549 residents
30–4418.5%
1,650 residents
45–6426.1%
2,331 residents
65 and over20.6%
1,838 residents
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
8,632 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
112 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
103 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
62 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
12 residents
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.4%
1,776 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19%
1,381 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications18.3%
1,332 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
1,191 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
867 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
490 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.4%
246 residents aged 16 and over
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.9%
4,220 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41%
2,984 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.9%
1,305 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.6%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,081 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11%
802 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
800 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.9%
573 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.5%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.4%
541 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
356 residents aged 16 and over
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.3%
3,954 residents
Good health36%
3,208 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,227 residents
Bad health4.6%
406 residents
Very bad health1.4%
126 residents
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.5%
7,000 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.5%
1,921 residents
Bodmin East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.2%
1,693 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,304 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.5%
581 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
153 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Bodmin East · 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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