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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004147

Exmouth Town

Exmouth Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,974 residents in East Devon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,974

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,370

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,570.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

53.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.1%

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.

Hereford Central, Herefordshire, County of9,767 residents · 40.7% owned · 33.4% no carBideford North, Torridge5,738 residents · 59.9% owned · 26.9% no carNewton Abbot, Town Centre, Teignbridge6,084 residents · 49.8% owned · 32.2% no carOld Hastings, Hastings7,293 residents · 63.5% owned · 28.5% no carYeovil Town, South Somerset7,215 residents · 44.4% owned · 31.0% no carSouthport South, Sefton8,839 residents · 51.6% owned · 30.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Exmouth Town

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

Tenure

Owned53.8%
1,814 households
Private rented40.5%
1,364 households
Social rented5%
170 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.3%
1,390 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits20.3%
685 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.9%
636 households
Semi-detached9.3%
314 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop4.3%
144 households
Detached3.1%
106 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.7%
92 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.4%
1,563 households
No cars or vans in household29.3%
988 households
2 cars or vans in household18.5%
623 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
194 households
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms36%
1,214 households
3 bedrooms30.9%
1,040 households
1 bedroom20.3%
684 households
4 or more bedrooms12.8%
430 households
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54%
1,819 households
One-person household39.2%
1,321 households
Other household types6.8%
230 households
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.2%
1,321 households
2 people in household34.9%
1,177 households
3 people in household13%
438 households
4 people in household8.7%
294 households
5 people in household3%
100 households
6 people in household0.7%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
964 residents
15–2917.1%
1,191 residents
30–4419.4%
1,351 residents
45–6429.3%
2,046 residents
65 and over20.4%
1,421 residents
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
6,723 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%
115 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.2%
84 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
35 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
19 residents
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.1%
1,846 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
1,051 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
942 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.1%
897 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
634 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.8%
3,670 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.9%
2,194 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
75 residents aged 16 and over
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.4%
1,270 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.7%
935 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.5%
799 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
647 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.2%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
403 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
324 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.8%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.2%
3,150 residents
Good health35.5%
2,473 residents
Fair health13.7%
954 residents
Bad health4.4%
308 residents
Very bad health1.3%
89 residents
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.6%
5,549 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.4%
1,425 residents
Exmouth Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.9%
1,580 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.9%
1,141 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.8%
500 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
127 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
20 households
Exmouth Town · 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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