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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004223

Bideford South & East

Bideford South & East is a Census neighbourhood of about 13,021 residents in Torridge. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

13,021

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,611

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

356.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.2%

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.

Pool & Illogan Highway, Cornwall9,036 residents · 63.7% owned · 14.1% no carDobwalls, Addington & Menheniot, Cornwall9,518 residents · 64.4% owned · 13.0% no carMill Hill, Upper Deal & Northbourne, Dover9,352 residents · 66.8% owned · 16.8% no carLydney, Forest of Dean11,303 residents · 68.8% owned · 15.1% no carWhitworth, Rossendale7,798 residents · 66.8% owned · 18.8% no carHayle, Cornwall10,298 residents · 62.9% owned · 16.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bideford South & East

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

Tenure

Owned62.7%
3,518 households
Private rented17.9%
1,006 households
Social rented17.3%
971 households
Shared ownership2%
112 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39%
2,187 households
Semi-detached26.4%
1,480 households
Detached21.9%
1,229 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.3%
579 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.5%
83 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
20 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
15 households
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.4%
2,546 households
2 cars or vans in household27.7%
1,554 households
No cars or vans in household17%
956 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.9%
555 households
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.1%
2,472 households
2 bedrooms29.8%
1,674 households
4 or more bedrooms17.9%
1,006 households
1 bedroom8.2%
459 households
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
3,663 households
One-person household29.8%
1,674 households
Other household types4.9%
273 households
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
2,037 households
1 person in household29.8%
1,674 households
3 people in household16.1%
904 households
4 people in household11.3%
634 households
5 people in household4.6%
256 households
6 people in household1.4%
81 households
7 people in household0.2%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
2,509 residents
15–2915.9%
2,069 residents
30–4418.3%
2,384 residents
45–6426.9%
3,495 residents
65 and over19.7%
2,559 residents
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.3%
12,803 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
113 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.4%
57 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
29 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
19 residents
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.2%
2,407 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.5%
2,027 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
2,007 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.2%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.8%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
775 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.4%
6,059 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.2%
4,176 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations18.1%
1,882 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,760 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.4%
1,595 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
1,359 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
1,092 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.1%
838 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.3%
656 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
466 residents aged 16 and over
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.7%
5,951 residents
Good health34%
4,422 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,918 residents
Bad health4.4%
571 residents
Very bad health1.2%
159 residents
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.5%
10,350 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.5%
2,670 residents
Bideford South & East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.6%
2,556 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.5%
1,938 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.7%
880 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
225 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
12 households
Bideford South & East · 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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