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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004137

Sidbury, Offwell & Beer

Sidbury, Offwell & Beer is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,325 residents in East Devon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,325

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,418

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

76.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

38.3%

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.

Burton Bradstock & Chideock, Dorset7,665 residents · 73.5% owned · 8.5% no carCorfe Castle & Langton Matravers, Dorset5,057 residents · 71.4% owned · 8.8% no carYoxford, Wenhaston & Walberswick, East Suffolk6,259 residents · 75.6% owned · 7.3% no carBeaminster, Maiden Newton & Halstock, Dorset10,043 residents · 68.9% owned · 8.0% no carChillington, Torcross & Stoke Fleming, South Hams5,762 residents · 76.8% owned · 9.9% no carClun & Bucknell, Shropshire6,106 residents · 75.4% owned · 5.8% no car

Most similar within East Devon

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kilmington, Colyton & Uplyme, East Devon8,360 residents · 77.8% owned · 9.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sidbury, Offwell & Beer

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

Tenure

Owned76.4%
1,847 households
Private rented16.3%
393 households
Social rented7%
170 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached49.4%
1,196 households
Semi-detached25.8%
624 households
Terraced13.8%
333 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.8%
116 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
72 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.4%
33 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.8%
20 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.7%
912 households
2 cars or vans in household35.2%
851 households
3 or more cars or vans in household17.8%
430 households
No cars or vans in household9.3%
225 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.2%
1,019 households
4 or more bedrooms32.9%
794 households
2 bedrooms20.2%
487 households
1 bedroom4.8%
116 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.6%
1,610 households
One-person household28.1%
679 households
Other household types5.3%
128 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household45.4%
1,099 households
1 person in household28.2%
682 households
3 people in household12.5%
302 households
4 people in household9.4%
227 households
5 people in household3%
72 households
6 people in household1.2%
28 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.1%
591 residents
15–2910.5%
559 residents
30–4410.8%
574 residents
45–6430.5%
1,623 residents
65 and over37.1%
1,977 residents
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.3%
5,233 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
50 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
24 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
11 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
8 residents
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above38.3%
1,793 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
733 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
665 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.1%
662 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%
419 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.5%
305 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50%
2,344 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)49%
2,295 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1%
46 residents aged 16 and over
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.5%
1,102 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers21.3%
1,000 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.9%
744 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
465 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
447 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
224 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
205 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.4%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.2%
2,460 residents
Good health36.5%
1,945 residents
Fair health13.4%
716 residents
Bad health3%
162 residents
Very bad health0.8%
42 residents
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
4,412 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
913 residents
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.2%
1,286 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.6%
884 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.5%
230 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.7%
18 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Sidbury, Offwell & Beer · 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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