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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004195

Dartmouth

Dartmouth is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,260 residents in South Hams. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,260

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,519

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

672

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.3%

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 Ives & Halsetown, Cornwall6,882 residents · 59.4% owned · 24.7% no carPenzance South & Newlyn, Cornwall5,813 residents · 67.6% owned · 21.5% no carSwanage, Dorset9,426 residents · 69.7% owned · 18.8% no carTenby & Caldey, Pembrokeshire5,786 residents · 63.9% owned · 23.6% no carRye & Winchelsea, Rother7,623 residents · 65.1% owned · 18.9% no carLooe & Polperro, Cornwall5,005 residents · 71.8% owned · 17.2% no car

Most similar within South Hams

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kingsbridge, South Hams6,285 residents · 61.5% owned · 17.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dartmouth

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

Tenure

Owned59.6%
1,502 households
Social rented21.5%
541 households
Private rented17.9%
451 households
Shared ownership1%
25 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced27.6%
694 households
Semi-detached24.2%
609 households
Detached18.8%
474 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17%
427 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.2%
180 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.5%
63 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.3%
59 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
10 households
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.6%
1,148 households
2 cars or vans in household24.2%
608 households
No cars or vans in household22.3%
562 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.9%
198 households
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms39.1%
985 households
2 bedrooms30.6%
770 households
4 or more bedrooms17.2%
432 households
1 bedroom13.1%
330 households
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.8%
1,480 households
One-person household37.4%
940 households
Other household types3.8%
95 households
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.2%
1,012 households
1 person in household37.4%
940 households
3 people in household11.6%
291 households
4 people in household7.5%
189 households
5 people in household2.4%
60 households
6 people in household0.7%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
7 people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.1%
586 residents
15–2914.2%
748 residents
30–4413.1%
691 residents
45–6429.2%
1,537 residents
65 and over32.3%
1,696 residents
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.5%
5,022 residents
Other ethnic group2.1%
108 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1%
55 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
50 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
24 residents
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32.3%
1,494 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
784 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.4%
758 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13%
603 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
447 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.4%
344 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.3%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.3%
2,328 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48%
2,220 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
927 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17%
784 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
612 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.5%
580 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
420 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.3%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
244 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45%
2,368 residents
Good health33.3%
1,750 residents
Fair health14.8%
780 residents
Bad health5.3%
281 residents
Very bad health1.5%
81 residents
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
4,123 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
1,138 residents
Dartmouth · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.9%
1,181 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
923 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13%
326 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
80 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Dartmouth · 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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