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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004157

St Leonard's

St Leonard's is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,349 residents in Exeter. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,349

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,929

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,381

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

58.4%

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.

Leamington West & Milverton, Warwick9,357 residents · 59.2% owned · 20.1% no carLeamington Central & North, Warwick13,033 residents · 60.8% owned · 21.7% no carWalcot, Bath and North East Somerset5,857 residents · 55.4% owned · 29.7% no carSouth Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne9,336 residents · 69.0% owned · 24.9% no carPenarth, Vale of Glamorgan10,174 residents · 69.9% owned · 19.0% no carPen-y-lan South, Cardiff6,673 residents · 62.2% owned · 24.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Leonard's

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

Tenure

Owned56.4%
1,653 households
Private rented33.1%
970 households
Social rented9.7%
285 households
Shared ownership0.6%
19 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced32.5%
951 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.2%
649 households
Semi-detached20.8%
608 households
Detached11.2%
328 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits11%
321 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
50 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household49.6%
1,452 households
No cars or vans in household25.3%
741 households
2 cars or vans in household20.3%
593 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
142 households
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms28.7%
841 households
4 or more bedrooms27.2%
797 households
3 bedrooms25.4%
743 households
1 bedroom18.7%
547 households
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.9%
1,579 households
One-person household38.4%
1,126 households
Other household types7.7%
225 households
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.5%
1,127 households
2 people in household33.2%
972 households
3 people in household12.9%
378 households
4 people in household11.4%
333 households
5 people in household3%
88 households
6 people in household0.6%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.4%
914 residents
15–2919.3%
1,225 residents
30–4421.6%
1,372 residents
45–6425.3%
1,609 residents
65 and over19.3%
1,228 residents
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89.8%
5,693 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%
281 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
218 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
96 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
55 residents
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above58.4%
3,133 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.4%
720 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.8%
528 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.4%
453 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.2%
281 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
98 residents aged 16 and over
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.4%
3,240 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.5%
1,957 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.1%
168 residents aged 16 and over
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
1,367 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.9%
1,336 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.1%
543 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.8%
527 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
409 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
399 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.2%
389 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
244 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.9%
156 residents aged 16 and over
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.4%
3,518 residents
Good health30.2%
1,917 residents
Fair health10.3%
656 residents
Bad health3%
191 residents
Very bad health1%
64 residents
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
5,259 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,088 residents
St Leonard's · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.6%
1,717 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30%
878 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions8.9%
261 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.3%
67 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
St Leonard's · 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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