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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004149

Pennsylvania & University

Pennsylvania & University is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,065 residents in Exeter. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

11,065

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,684

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,546.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

30.0%

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.

Fulford, Heslington & University, York10,540 residents · 70.6% owned · 18.2% no carBlean Forest, Chartham Hatch & University, Canterbury11,032 residents · 78.9% owned · 13.5% no carWidcombe, Bathwick Hill & Claverton Down, Bath and North East Somerset11,773 residents · 64.3% owned · 26.3% no carLenton Abbey, University & Wollaton Park, Nottingham16,920 residents · 64.3% owned · 24.1% no carUniversity, Galgate & Dolphinholme, Lancaster10,904 residents · 78.2% owned · 9.5% no carLoughborough - University, Charnwood11,274 residents · 54.3% owned · 20.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pennsylvania & University

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

Tenure

Owned74%
1,986 households
Private rented20%
536 households
Social rented5.4%
146 households
Shared ownership0.6%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.7%
1,361 households
Semi-detached21.9%
587 households
Terraced16.8%
450 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.3%
196 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.1%
83 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.3%
1,322 households
2 cars or vans in household28%
751 households
No cars or vans in household14.1%
378 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.7%
233 households
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.9%
1,018 households
4 or more bedrooms37.4%
1,003 households
2 bedrooms17.4%
466 households
1 bedroom7.3%
196 households
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63%
1,695 households
One-person household27%
725 households
Other household types10%
269 households
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.7%
1,093 households
1 person in household27%
725 households
3 people in household13.6%
365 households
4 people in household11.8%
318 households
5 people in household4.4%
119 households
6 people in household1.8%
49 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
11 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.5%
831 residents
15–2953.7%
5,943 residents
30–449.7%
1,072 residents
45–6414.4%
1,598 residents
65 and over14.7%
1,624 residents
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.7%
9,596 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.7%
851 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
346 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
113 residents
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications50.2%
5,109 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above30%
3,051 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.3%
638 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications5.6%
573 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.6%
367 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.3%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive63.7%
6,483 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)27%
2,746 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.3%
951 residents aged 16 and over
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students54%
5,493 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.5%
1,272 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.3%
1,050 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.6%
671 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4.8%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations4%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4%
404 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.2%
227 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.6%
163 residents aged 16 and over
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57%
6,306 residents
Good health32.6%
3,611 residents
Fair health7.7%
850 residents
Bad health1.8%
202 residents
Very bad health0.9%
96 residents
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%
9,385 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%
1,680 residents
Pennsylvania & University · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.1%
1,478 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.9%
936 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.6%
230 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
38 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Pennsylvania & University · 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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