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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004153

Exwick & Foxhayes

Exwick & Foxhayes is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,487 residents in Exeter. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,487

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,244

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,237.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.7%

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.

St Neots Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire10,541 residents · 65.2% owned · 15.6% no carCheriton & Horn Street, Folkestone and Hythe10,008 residents · 59.3% owned · 17.8% no carNewark South East, Newark and Sherwood9,662 residents · 62.8% owned · 21.6% no carPaulsgrove West & Port Solent, Portsmouth6,380 residents · 62.8% owned · 18.3% no carKillingworth West & Camperdown, North Tyneside6,694 residents · 64.3% owned · 25.6% no carSpringbank, Cheltenham6,733 residents · 50.2% owned · 21.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Exwick & Foxhayes

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

Tenure

Owned56.9%
1,847 households
Private rented21.2%
689 households
Social rented20.3%
660 households
Shared ownership1.4%
47 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.6%
1,316 households
Semi-detached33.9%
1,098 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.4%
467 households
Detached8.9%
289 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
36 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.9%
1,553 households
2 cars or vans in household23.6%
766 households
No cars or vans in household21.6%
701 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.9%
224 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.9%
1,326 households
2 bedrooms35.2%
1,143 households
4 or more bedrooms13.7%
445 households
1 bedroom10.2%
330 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.4%
2,089 households
One-person household29%
941 households
Other household types6.6%
213 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.7%
1,189 households
1 person in household29%
941 households
3 people in household17.1%
554 households
4 people in household11.5%
373 households
5 people in household4%
130 households
6 people in household1.1%
36 households
7 people in household0.4%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.2%
1,360 residents
15–2918.8%
1,404 residents
30–4422.1%
1,658 residents
45–6425.6%
1,913 residents
65 and over15.4%
1,152 residents
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.6%
7,088 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.2%
166 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
125 residents
Other ethnic group0.8%
63 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
47 residents
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.7%
1,674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
1,093 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17.1%
1,033 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
934 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.2%
737 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.1%
426 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
141 residents aged 16 and over
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.2%
3,935 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33%
1,991 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.9%
112 residents aged 16 and over
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%
1,111 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.3%
922 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
888 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.2%
857 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
637 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.5%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.6%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.7%
3,575 residents
Good health34.7%
2,600 residents
Fair health13.2%
987 residents
Bad health3.4%
257 residents
Very bad health0.9%
68 residents
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.7%
6,118 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.3%
1,369 residents
Exwick & Foxhayes · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47%
1,526 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,139 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.5%
437 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.2%
136 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Exwick & Foxhayes · 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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