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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003961

St Austell East & Carlyon Bay

St Austell East & Carlyon Bay is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,603 residents in Cornwall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cornwall
9,603

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,232

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,326.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.5%

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.

Exmouth Brixington, East Devon6,344 residents · 79.2% owned · 12.0% no carPontefract South West, Wakefield7,471 residents · 77.9% owned · 17.6% no carNorth Hykeham North, North Kesteven8,148 residents · 80.6% owned · 15.2% no carDrayton & Thorpe Marriott, Broadland5,390 residents · 73.8% owned · 10.4% no carEastwood East, Broxtowe8,274 residents · 83.8% owned · 14.1% no carKirk Sandall & Barnby Dun, Doncaster8,445 residents · 81.0% owned · 15.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Austell East & Carlyon Bay

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

Tenure

Owned75.4%
3,191 households
Private rented15.1%
639 households
Social rented8.2%
349 households
Shared ownership1.2%
51 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached45%
1,905 households
Semi-detached31%
1,314 households
Terraced12.9%
547 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.6%
364 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.6%
68 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
1,866 households
2 cars or vans in household33%
1,399 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.8%
501 households
No cars or vans in household11.1%
468 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.5%
2,011 households
4 or more bedrooms23.9%
1,014 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
1,009 households
1 bedroom4.7%
200 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
2,906 households
One-person household27.3%
1,158 households
Other household types4%
171 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.1%
1,740 households
1 person in household27.4%
1,158 households
3 people in household15.3%
648 households
4 people in household11.8%
499 households
5 people in household3.4%
143 households
6 people in household0.6%
26 households
7 people in household0.3%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.5%
1,486 residents
15–2913.6%
1,302 residents
30–4416%
1,536 residents
45–6428.4%
2,723 residents
65 and over26.6%
2,557 residents
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
9,374 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
92 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
83 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
40 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
13 residents
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.5%
2,201 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.5%
1,564 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.2%
1,376 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.9%
1,276 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
847 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
560 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
182 residents aged 16 and over
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.8%
4,390 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.6%
3,489 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
127 residents aged 16 and over
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,645 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,188 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.1%
1,045 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.7%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%
905 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.3%
824 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.3%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
359 residents aged 16 and over
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.4%
4,459 residents
Good health34.6%
3,321 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,313 residents
Bad health4.1%
396 residents
Very bad health1.2%
114 residents
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.7%
7,754 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.3%
1,849 residents
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49.8%
2,109 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
1,462 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.2%
559 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
100 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
St Austell East & Carlyon Bay · 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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