Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004222

Bideford North

Bideford North is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,738 residents in Torridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,738

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,784

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,576.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.2%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bideford North

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

Tenure

Owned59.9%

1,668 households

Private rented29.8%

830 households

Social rented9.6%

268 households

Shared ownership0.6%

18 households

Lives rent free0%

0 households

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced38.1%

1,059 households

Detached26.1%

725 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.6%

323 households

Semi-detached11.3%

314 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.8%

161 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.7%

102 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.3%

91 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%

5 households

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.3%

1,231 households

No cars or vans in household26.9%

747 households

2 cars or vans in household22%

612 households

3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%

190 households

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37%

1,030 households

2 bedrooms29.8%

830 households

4 or more bedrooms16.9%

470 households

1 bedroom16.2%

451 households

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55%

1,530 households

One-person household40.3%

1,121 households

Other household types4.7%

132 households

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.3%

1,120 households

2 people in household33.7%

936 households

3 people in household12.9%

358 households

4 people in household9.8%

273 households

5 people in household2.4%

66 households

6 people in household0.9%

24 households

7 people in household0.1%

3 households

8 or more people in household0%

1 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.3%

822 residents

15–2915.5%

891 residents

30–4416.5%

948 residents

45–6429.6%

1,700 residents

65 and over24%

1,376 residents

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%

5,528 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%

96 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%

80 residents

Other ethnic group0.4%

24 residents

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

8 residents

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.2%

1,220 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications18%

873 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications17.7%

855 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications16.9%

820 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.1%

584 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship7.5%

361 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.7%

131 residents aged 16 and over

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%

2,664 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive43.8%

2,122 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.3%

62 residents aged 16 and over

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%

891 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations18.3%

888 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations14.5%

701 residents aged 16 and over

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

606 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%

507 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%

358 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%

336 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.9%

335 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students4.6%

224 residents aged 16 and over

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.9%

2,459 residents

Good health34.8%

1,996 residents

Fair health15.2%

874 residents

Bad health6%

344 residents

Very bad health1.1%

65 residents

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.4%

4,440 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act22.6%

1,297 residents

Bideford North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.2%

1,230 households

Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%

930 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions17.3%

480 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%

126 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%

15 households

Bideford North · 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

Source and date are part of the record.

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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02004222

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Bideford North

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Bideford North

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.