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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02005544

Southtown & Cobholm

Southtown & Cobholm is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,155 residents in Great Yarmouth. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,155

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,114

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,140.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

14.3%

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.

Dover West, Dover9,157 residents · 44.3% owned · 36.1% no carSittingbourne Central & Milton Regis, Swale8,821 residents · 45.4% owned · 33.5% no carBuckland & St Radigunds, Dover13,604 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.2% no carBridgwater North, Sedgemoor7,869 residents · 46.9% owned · 24.9% no carBridgwater South, Sedgemoor7,827 residents · 42.9% owned · 28.1% no carOvenden East, Calderdale5,612 residents · 45.9% owned · 39.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southtown & Cobholm

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

Tenure

Owned45.5%
1,418 households
Private rented33.3%
1,038 households
Social rented20.8%
648 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced54.3%
1,689 households
Semi-detached17.1%
533 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.2%
442 households
Detached7.6%
237 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.2%
100 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure2.2%
68 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
21 households
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
1,388 households
No cars or vans in household34%
1,058 households
2 cars or vans in household16.8%
523 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.6%
144 households
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.5%
1,323 households
2 bedrooms35.5%
1,105 households
1 bedroom13%
406 households
4 or more bedrooms9%
280 households
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58%
1,806 households
One-person household35.1%
1,093 households
Other household types6.9%
214 households
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.1%
1,093 households
2 people in household30.2%
939 households
3 people in household16.7%
519 households
4 people in household10.5%
326 households
5 people in household5.1%
160 households
6 people in household1.5%
48 households
7 people in household0.6%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.6%
1,476 residents
15–2919.8%
1,419 residents
30–4420.8%
1,487 residents
45–6424.6%
1,763 residents
65 and over14.1%
1,012 residents
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.9%
6,717 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
143 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
126 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.4%
99 residents
Other ethnic group1%
70 residents
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.1%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
893 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.8%
828 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
825 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above14.3%
802 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.3%
3,207 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.2%
2,304 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
85 residents aged 16 and over
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.8%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations19.5%
1,091 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.4%
695 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.8%
663 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.3%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
372 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
347 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.7%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.3%
2,885 residents
Good health36.3%
2,600 residents
Fair health16.1%
1,155 residents
Bad health5.6%
398 residents
Very bad health1.6%
117 residents
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.4%
5,536 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.6%
1,619 residents
Southtown & Cobholm · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.4%
1,103 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.1%
1,060 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.9%
682 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.1%
252 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
16 households
Southtown & Cobholm · 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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