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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006055

Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,085 residents in Mendip. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,085

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,966

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,792.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

61.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.7%

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.

Cullompton, Mid Devon8,808 residents · 65.0% owned · 14.6% no carSt Neots Eynesbury, Huntingdonshire10,541 residents · 65.2% owned · 15.6% no carBiggleswade West, Central Bedfordshire11,314 residents · 64.0% owned · 16.9% no carHaverhill North, West Suffolk7,730 residents · 62.0% owned · 19.2% no carSnodland, Tonbridge and Malling11,829 residents · 63.9% owned · 13.5% no carHednesford Central, Cannock Chase8,053 residents · 68.4% owned · 15.1% no car

Most similar within Mendip

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Frome South & East, Mendip11,148 residents · 65.1% owned · 15.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shepton Mallet

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

Tenure

Owned61%
2,418 households
Private rented21.7%
861 households
Social rented15.6%
618 households
Shared ownership1.7%
66 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached37%
1,469 households
Terraced26.6%
1,056 households
Detached19.3%
765 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.1%
478 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.8%
73 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.8%
72 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
44 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
9 households
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.5%
1,647 households
2 cars or vans in household31.8%
1,260 households
No cars or vans in household14.7%
584 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12%
475 households
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.2%
1,673 households
2 bedrooms29.1%
1,153 households
4 or more bedrooms17.6%
699 households
1 bedroom11.1%
439 households
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.4%
2,594 households
One-person household30.2%
1,199 households
Other household types4.4%
173 households
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.8%
1,419 households
1 person in household30.2%
1,199 households
3 people in household16.3%
646 households
4 people in household13.3%
526 households
5 people in household3.3%
129 households
6 people in household0.7%
29 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.5%
1,593 residents
15–2917.6%
1,599 residents
30–4419.9%
1,812 residents
45–6427%
2,450 residents
65 and over18%
1,635 residents
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.8%
8,792 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
120 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
104 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
42 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
25 residents
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.7%
1,897 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.2%
1,489 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.1%
1,337 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
1,149 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
492 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
189 residents aged 16 and over
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.7%
4,929 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.7%
2,338 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.8%
1,463 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.5%
1,291 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
1,090 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.9%
804 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
776 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.3%
612 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
602 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
434 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
314 residents aged 16 and over
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
4,304 residents
Good health34.9%
3,173 residents
Fair health13.4%
1,221 residents
Bad health3.2%
293 residents
Very bad health1%
92 residents
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.7%
7,609 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.3%
1,477 residents
Shepton Mallet · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.1%
1,987 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,340 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.9%
510 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.1%
124 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Shepton Mallet · 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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