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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004173

Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres

Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,492 residents in Mid Devon. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,492

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,124

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

75.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

35.9%

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.

Kingstone & Kingsthorne, Herefordshire, County of10,857 residents · 71.5% owned · 8.5% no carEvercreech & Nunney, Mendip7,790 residents · 74.3% owned · 7.0% no carBangor-on-Dee, Overton & Penley, Wrexham6,387 residents · 76.5% owned · 7.0% no carBratton Fleming, Goodleigh & Kings Heanton, North Devon6,513 residents · 77.8% owned · 6.3% no carCrundale, Clynderwen & Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire7,227 residents · 78.8% owned · 6.7% no carBurwash, Sedlescombe & Staplecross, Rother7,909 residents · 77.0% owned · 7.0% no car

Most similar within Mid Devon

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bow, Lapford & Yeoford, Mid Devon6,500 residents · 77.1% owned · 6.8% no carBampton, Holcombe & Westleigh, Mid Devon6,803 residents · 75.2% owned · 6.5% no carUffculme & Hemyock, Mid Devon6,780 residents · 70.3% owned · 9.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres

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

Tenure

Owned75%
2,343 households
Private rented15.9%
498 households
Social rented8.4%
261 households
Shared ownership0.6%
18 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached50.5%
1,577 households
Semi-detached31.3%
979 households
Terraced14.8%
462 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1%
30 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.8%
25 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
24 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.2%
1,194 households
1 car or van in household35.1%
1,096 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.2%
600 households
No cars or vans in household7.5%
234 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.3%
1,194 households
4 or more bedrooms37.7%
1,178 households
2 bedrooms18.4%
575 households
1 bedroom5.6%
174 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
2,143 households
One-person household25.7%
804 households
Other household types5.7%
177 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.2%
1,256 households
1 person in household25.7%
804 households
3 people in household14.4%
449 households
4 people in household13.3%
417 households
5 people in household4.5%
140 households
6 people in household1.2%
36 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.6%
1,166 residents
15–2913.2%
989 residents
30–4414.7%
1,104 residents
45–6430.4%
2,279 residents
65 and over26.1%
1,955 residents
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
7,321 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
97 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
45 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
20 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
9 residents
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above35.9%
2,243 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15%
936 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.2%
577 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
320 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.6%
3,721 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
2,436 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
88 residents aged 16 and over
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,318 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers19.7%
1,231 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.2%
948 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
660 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
637 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.5%
595 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.6%
288 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.6%
287 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.5%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.5%
3,631 residents
Good health33.9%
2,542 residents
Fair health13.1%
980 residents
Bad health3.6%
268 residents
Very bad health0.9%
71 residents
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.2%
6,082 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.8%
1,411 residents
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51%
1,594 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,087 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%
366 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
75 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Morchard Bishop, Copplestone & Newton St Cyres · 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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