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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02004652

Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe

Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,674 residents in Stroud. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,674

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,922

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

88.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

53.0%

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.

Winsley, Westwood & Holt, Wiltshire5,945 residents · 78.5% owned · 9.8% no carGawsworth & Macclesfield Forest, Cheshire East10,191 residents · 80.8% owned · 7.1% no carMayfield & Wadhurst, Wealden8,102 residents · 76.9% owned · 7.8% no carBrockenhurst & Sway, New Forest7,390 residents · 80.9% owned · 8.5% no carChepstow North & Trellech, Monmouthshire9,360 residents · 84.4% owned · 5.9% no carHooton, Willaston & Ness, Cheshire West and Chester5,626 residents · 85.2% owned · 7.1% no car

Most similar within Stroud

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Minchinhampton & Amberley, Stroud6,675 residents · 78.9% owned · 9.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe

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

Tenure

Owned80.5%
2,351 households
Private rented13.2%
386 households
Social rented5.7%
166 households
Shared ownership0.5%
16 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached63.5%
1,854 households
Semi-detached21.3%
621 households
Terraced10.2%
297 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.5%
73 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
32 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
22 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39%
1,138 households
1 car or van in household33.7%
984 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19%
556 households
No cars or vans in household8.3%
243 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms44.3%
1,295 households
3 bedrooms33.5%
979 households
2 bedrooms17.5%
511 households
1 bedroom4.7%
136 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.7%
1,976 households
One-person household27.3%
798 households
Other household types5%
145 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.4%
1,239 households
1 person in household27.3%
798 households
3 people in household13.9%
406 households
4 people in household12%
349 households
5 people in household3.4%
98 households
6 people in household0.6%
18 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.5%
900 residents
15–2910.2%
682 residents
30–4412.2%
814 residents
45–6431.5%
2,101 residents
65 and over32.6%
2,178 residents
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97%
6,469 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
112 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
54 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
18 residents
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above53%
3,016 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14%
800 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12%
682 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10%
567 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.4%
308 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.7%
2,997 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46%
2,621 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
74 residents aged 16 and over
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.5%
1,451 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.3%
1,384 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers17.4%
991 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.8%
389 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.7%
269 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
252 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
239 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51%
3,406 residents
Good health33.6%
2,244 residents
Fair health11.5%
768 residents
Bad health3.1%
210 residents
Very bad health0.7%
46 residents
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83%
5,538 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17%
1,136 residents
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.4%
1,763 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
911 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
228 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.7%
19 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe · 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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