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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004286

Weymouth West

Weymouth West is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,032 residents in Dorset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dorset
5,032

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,175

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,099.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.8%

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.

Salvington, Worthing7,889 residents · 76.8% owned · 16.3% no carLangdown & Dibden Purlieu, New Forest10,434 residents · 69.7% owned · 13.0% no carClifton & Maidenway, Torbay7,322 residents · 77.0% owned · 16.7% no carWhitstable Central & Tankerton, Canterbury7,808 residents · 70.8% owned · 19.5% no carExmouth Withycombe Raleigh, East Devon7,541 residents · 66.2% owned · 16.8% no carWeston Milton, North Somerset9,391 residents · 81.8% owned · 14.2% no car

Most similar within Dorset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wyke Regis, Dorset5,574 residents · 69.6% owned · 16.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Weymouth West

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

Tenure

Owned70.7%
1,537 households
Private rented14.8%
321 households
Social rented13.8%
301 households
Shared ownership0.7%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached30.3%
659 households
Detached28.4%
619 households
Terraced23.9%
521 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.2%
244 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.8%
105 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.9%
892 households
2 cars or vans in household28.9%
630 households
No cars or vans in household17.8%
387 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.4%
270 households
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.2%
940 households
2 bedrooms26.7%
581 households
4 or more bedrooms23%
501 households
1 bedroom7.1%
154 households
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.1%
1,439 households
One-person household28.7%
626 households
Other household types5.2%
113 households
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.2%
853 households
1 person in household28.8%
626 households
3 people in household15.5%
338 households
4 people in household11.3%
247 households
5 people in household3.4%
73 households
6 people in household1.3%
28 households
7 people in household0.4%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.4%
723 residents
15–2914.9%
749 residents
30–4414.3%
721 residents
45–6431.1%
1,566 residents
65 and over25.3%
1,273 residents
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98%
4,931 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
56 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
29 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
8 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
6 residents
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.8%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
786 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.4%
655 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
621 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
504 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
294 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.5%
2,310 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.9%
1,863 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
895 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.3%
563 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
547 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.6%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.7%
498 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.7%
495 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
261 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
248 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.8%
202 residents aged 16 and over
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.2%
2,224 residents
Good health34.9%
1,755 residents
Fair health14.5%
730 residents
Bad health5.2%
262 residents
Very bad health1.2%
62 residents
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79%
3,974 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21%
1,058 residents
Weymouth West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.2%
1,049 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.1%
742 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.3%
312 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
68 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Weymouth West · 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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