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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004214

Newton Abbot, Town Centre

Newton Abbot, Town Centre is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,084 residents in Teignbridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,084

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,966

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,546.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

49.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Newport Central & Parkhurst West, Isle of Wight7,411 residents · 51.1% owned · 32.0% no carLong Eaton Town, Erewash6,851 residents · 47.5% owned · 36.4% no carBarnstaple Central, North Devon6,272 residents · 43.5% owned · 37.6% no carRushden East, North Northamptonshire9,357 residents · 50.9% owned · 23.8% no carIlkeston Town, Erewash9,737 residents · 57.7% owned · 29.1% no carHereford Central, Herefordshire, County of9,767 residents · 40.7% owned · 33.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Newton Abbot, Town Centre

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

Tenure

Owned49.8%
1,477 households
Private rented32.2%
954 households
Social rented16.6%
493 households
Shared ownership1.3%
40 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.1%
1,427 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.1%
565 households
Semi-detached16.7%
496 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits7.1%
211 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.8%
112 households
Detached3.4%
100 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.7%
51 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.1%
1,279 households
No cars or vans in household32.2%
955 households
2 cars or vans in household19.5%
579 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.2%
153 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms38.7%
1,147 households
3 bedrooms31.2%
925 households
1 bedroom21%
622 households
4 or more bedrooms9.2%
272 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.5%
1,587 households
One-person household41.4%
1,226 households
Other household types5.1%
151 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household41.3%
1,226 households
2 people in household32.6%
969 households
3 people in household13.2%
393 households
4 people in household8.7%
258 households
5 people in household2.5%
74 households
6 people in household1.3%
40 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.1%
982 residents
15–2919.4%
1,179 residents
30–4419.4%
1,181 residents
45–6426.2%
1,595 residents
65 and over18.9%
1,153 residents
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.6%
5,812 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.5%
153 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
79 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
28 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
10 residents
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,209 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.4%
981 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.8%
899 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.5%
885 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
631 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
319 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
122 residents aged 16 and over
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.3%
3,143 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.2%
1,824 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
78 residents aged 16 and over
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.7%
942 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.8%
898 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.2%
815 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.7%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
532 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.8%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
364 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.4%
2,457 residents
Good health37%
2,255 residents
Fair health15.8%
959 residents
Bad health5.5%
335 residents
Very bad health1.3%
82 residents
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.9%
4,678 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.1%
1,406 residents
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41%
1,217 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,064 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.4%
517 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.3%
156 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
14 households
Newton Abbot, Town Centre · 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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