Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004189

Woolwell & Lee Mill

Woolwell & Lee Mill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,132 residents in South Hams. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,132

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,609

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.6%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Woolwell & Lee Mill

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

Tenure

Owned72.2%

1,884 households

Private rented20.4%

533 households

Social rented6%

156 households

Shared ownership1.3%

33 households

Lives rent free0.1%

3 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached40.7%

1,061 households

Terraced28.1%

734 households

Semi-detached25.7%

669 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.2%

84 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%

22 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.7%

18 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%

10 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%

10 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41%

1,070 households

2 cars or vans in household36.6%

955 households

3 or more cars or vans in household14.9%

390 households

No cars or vans in household7.4%

194 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.5%

951 households

2 bedrooms28.3%

738 households

4 or more bedrooms27.8%

726 households

1 bedroom7.4%

193 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.9%

1,795 households

One-person household26.4%

689 households

Other household types4.7%

123 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.5%

1,055 households

1 person in household26.4%

689 households

3 people in household16.9%

440 households

4 people in household11%

286 households

5 people in household4%

105 households

6 people in household0.7%

18 households

8 or more people in household0.3%

8 households

7 people in household0.2%

6 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%

936 residents

15–2915.2%

930 residents

30–4417%

1,040 residents

45–6431%

1,900 residents

65 and over21.6%

1,323 residents

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%

5,953 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.6%

96 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.8%

47 residents

Other ethnic group0.5%

33 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%

5 residents

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.6%

1,725 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications20.1%

1,030 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications14%

719 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications13.1%

673 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications9%

460 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship7.4%

380 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.9%

147 residents aged 16 and over

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%

3,211 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive35.6%

1,827 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.8%

92 residents aged 16 and over

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24%

1,234 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations13.5%

691 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.9%

664 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.5%

640 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%

544 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations10.4%

536 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.2%

316 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%

282 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.4%

226 residents aged 16 and over

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.7%

3,109 residents

Good health32.9%

2,017 residents

Fair health12%

738 residents

Bad health3.3%

205 residents

Very bad health1.1%

65 residents

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.8%

5,078 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act17.2%

1,054 residents

Woolwell & Lee Mill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.1%

1,487 households

Household is deprived in one dimension31.6%

823 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions9.9%

257 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%

36 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%

3 households

Woolwell & Lee Mill · 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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Evidence ledger

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Woolwell & Lee Mill

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Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

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Life in Woolwell & Lee Mill

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.