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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006041

Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury

Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,650 residents in Shropshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Shropshire
5,650

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,516

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

25.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

34.8%

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.

Llanfyllin & Llanwyddyn, Powys9,309 residents · 73.4% owned · 7.1% no carWigmore, Orleton & Brimfield, Herefordshire, County of6,263 residents · 74.9% owned · 5.8% no carKington, Eardisley & Staunton, Herefordshire, County of7,850 residents · 66.8% owned · 9.6% no carShobdon, Luston & Bodenham, Herefordshire, County of8,834 residents · 74.6% owned · 6.0% no carLlanfair Caereinion & Caersws, Powys6,151 residents · 75.4% owned · 7.7% no carTenbury Wells, Mamble & Clifton, Malvern Hills8,420 residents · 71.5% owned · 9.2% no car

Most similar within Shropshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Craven Arms & Broadstone, Shropshire6,716 residents · 62.4% owned · 10.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury

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

Tenure

Owned68.3%
1,718 households
Private rented20.3%
510 households
Social rented10.8%
271 households
Shared ownership0.6%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached59.8%
1,505 households
Semi-detached26.4%
664 households
Terraced9.3%
233 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.9%
47 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.6%
15 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
12 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.3%
938 households
2 cars or vans in household34.9%
879 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.1%
480 households
No cars or vans in household8.7%
219 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.5%
1,094 households
4 or more bedrooms29.7%
748 households
2 bedrooms22.5%
567 households
1 bedroom4.3%
107 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.5%
1,673 households
One-person household28.5%
718 households
Other household types5%
125 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.4%
1,067 households
1 person in household28.5%
718 households
3 people in household14.5%
366 households
4 people in household10.1%
253 households
5 people in household3%
76 households
6 people in household0.9%
23 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.7%
718 residents
15–2912.5%
705 residents
30–4413.1%
738 residents
45–6432.1%
1,810 residents
65 and over29.7%
1,675 residents
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.2%
5,549 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.7%
41 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
37 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
16 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
7 residents
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above34.8%
1,702 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.9%
824 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
761 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
746 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
458 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.6%
274 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.5%
2,710 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.5%
2,125 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
52 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers23.2%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.1%
982 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.3%
552 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11%
537 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.1%
496 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.8%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5%
243 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46%
2,599 residents
Good health35.8%
2,021 residents
Fair health13.5%
762 residents
Bad health3.7%
210 residents
Very bad health1.1%
60 residents
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.7%
4,614 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.3%
1,036 residents
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.1%
1,286 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.3%
889 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.1%
280 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.4%
60 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Bishop's Castle, Brockton & Chirbury · 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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