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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006065

Highbridge

Highbridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,877 residents in Sedgemoor. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,877

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,953

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,218

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.8%

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.

Watcombe, Torbay7,279 residents · 62.9% owned · 22.7% no carStowmarket West, Mid Suffolk6,159 residents · 57.0% owned · 24.4% no carEastwood Town, Broxtowe6,221 residents · 53.6% owned · 28.5% no carNew Milton West, New Forest6,144 residents · 58.7% owned · 17.7% no carLouth North & East, East Lindsey10,479 residents · 59.8% owned · 19.7% no carLangney West, Eastbourne7,392 residents · 57.1% owned · 18.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Highbridge

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

Tenure

Owned58.9%
2,330 households
Social rented22.8%
901 households
Private rented16.6%
656 households
Shared ownership1.4%
54 households
Lives rent free0.3%
12 households
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached34.6%
1,367 households
Terraced26.3%
1,039 households
Detached19.2%
758 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.6%
654 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
50 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
33 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
13 households
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.5%
1,760 households
2 cars or vans in household24.6%
973 households
No cars or vans in household21%
829 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.9%
391 households
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms41.2%
1,627 households
2 bedrooms32.8%
1,298 households
4 or more bedrooms15.6%
616 households
1 bedroom10.4%
412 households
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.2%
2,538 households
One-person household31%
1,224 households
Other household types4.8%
190 households
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.1%
1,466 households
1 person in household31%
1,224 households
3 people in household16.3%
645 households
4 people in household10.2%
402 households
5 people in household3.8%
151 households
6 people in household1.2%
48 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.4%
1,547 residents
15–2915.8%
1,403 residents
30–4416.1%
1,429 residents
45–6427.2%
2,416 residents
65 and over23.4%
2,081 residents
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%
8,568 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
129 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.3%
113 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
40 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
26 residents
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.6%
1,713 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.8%
1,433 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,226 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.2%
1,174 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.1%
952 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.5%
542 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.1%
3,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.6%
3,230 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
94 residents aged 16 and over
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.1%
1,453 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.5%
1,269 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
1,086 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.4%
829 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
707 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.9%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
536 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.8%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.1%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.1%
3,563 residents
Good health35.2%
3,126 residents
Fair health16.6%
1,471 residents
Bad health6.2%
548 residents
Very bad health1.9%
169 residents
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.7%
6,723 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.3%
2,156 residents
Highbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.5%
1,481 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension36.4%
1,441 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.5%
810 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.3%
209 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
13 households
Highbridge · 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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