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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006059

Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton

Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,933 residents in Mendip. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,933

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,876

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

4.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.2%

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.

Doveridge, Brailsford & Bradley, Derbyshire Dales8,264 residents · 77.5% owned · 5.9% no carCressage, Dorrington & Pulverbatch, Shropshire7,781 residents · 72.2% owned · 6.2% no carWedmore & Mark, Sedgemoor6,910 residents · 84.0% owned · 4.7% no carAudlem, Bunbury & Wrenbury, Cheshire East10,834 residents · 78.8% owned · 6.5% no carWhaddon, Whiteparish & Winterslow, Wiltshire8,044 residents · 81.6% owned · 5.6% no carNether Wallop, Kings Somborne & Dunbridge, Test Valley8,025 residents · 68.5% owned · 6.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton

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

Tenure

Owned78.1%
2,247 households
Private rented15.9%
456 households
Social rented5.4%
155 households
Shared ownership0.6%
18 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached60.2%
1,732 households
Semi-detached25.7%
740 households
Terraced10.6%
306 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.3%
38 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
23 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement0.7%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
8 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39%
1,124 households
1 car or van in household32%
922 households
3 or more cars or vans in household24.4%
702 households
No cars or vans in household4.6%
134 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms42.3%
1,218 households
3 bedrooms38.9%
1,120 households
2 bedrooms14%
402 households
1 bedroom4.8%
138 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.7%
2,034 households
One-person household22.7%
653 households
Other household types6.6%
191 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household42.9%
1,235 households
1 person in household22.7%
653 households
3 people in household16%
461 households
4 people in household11.7%
338 households
5 people in household4.7%
136 households
6 people in household1.4%
41 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.6%
940 residents
15–2912.9%
895 residents
30–4412.9%
891 residents
45–6432.7%
2,269 residents
65 and over27.9%
1,934 residents
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.7%
6,775 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1%
66 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
47 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
27 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
16 residents
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.2%
2,437 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
1,021 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14%
828 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.1%
777 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.8%
460 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
268 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.9%
3,365 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.7%
2,465 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
79 residents aged 16 and over
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.7%
1,401 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers20.1%
1,188 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.4%
967 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.1%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.6%
509 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
260 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.9%
230 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.4%
3,567 residents
Good health33.5%
2,325 residents
Fair health11.5%
798 residents
Bad health2.8%
195 residents
Very bad health0.7%
48 residents
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.9%
5,888 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.1%
1,044 residents
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.4%
1,682 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
893 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.5%
273 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1%
30 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Pilton, Butleigh & Alhampton · 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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