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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006068

Bridgwater North

Bridgwater North is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,869 residents in Sedgemoor. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,869

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,197

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,135.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

14.5%

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.

Hereford South West, Herefordshire, County of7,862 residents · 43.0% owned · 28.9% no carBuckland & St Radigunds, Dover13,604 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.2% no carStockheath Common, Havant8,967 residents · 48.0% owned · 29.0% no carBloxwich North West, Walsall7,420 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.5% no carBlacon North, Cheshire West and Chester6,243 residents · 47.9% owned · 30.8% no carBlacon South, Cheshire West and Chester7,341 residents · 47.9% owned · 33.6% no car

Most similar within Sedgemoor

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bridgwater South, Sedgemoor7,827 residents · 42.9% owned · 28.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bridgwater North

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

Tenure

Owned46.9%
1,499 households
Social rented32.2%
1,028 households
Private rented20%
639 households
Shared ownership0.9%
28 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced50.3%
1,607 households
Semi-detached31.3%
1,001 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.2%
358 households
Detached5.3%
170 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
39 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,406 households
No cars or vans in household24.9%
797 households
2 cars or vans in household23.5%
752 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
243 households
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52%
1,662 households
2 bedrooms31.4%
1,005 households
1 bedroom8.5%
271 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
260 households
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.1%
2,050 households
One-person household28.8%
923 households
Other household types7.1%
227 households
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.9%
1,052 households
1 person in household28.9%
924 households
3 people in household16.4%
523 households
4 people in household13.1%
420 households
5 people in household5.6%
180 households
6 people in household1.9%
61 households
7 people in household0.6%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
18 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,612 residents
15–2919.4%
1,527 residents
30–4419.7%
1,548 residents
45–6424.9%
1,963 residents
65 and over15.5%
1,218 residents
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
7,511 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.1%
165 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
111 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
53 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
31 residents
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.6%
1,761 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.5%
1,016 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications15.4%
951 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.4%
951 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above14.5%
896 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
393 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
195 residents aged 16 and over
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.9%
3,633 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
2,403 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations27.1%
1,672 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
683 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
663 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.3%
514 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
474 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.7%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.6%
224 residents aged 16 and over
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.3%
3,251 residents
Good health35.1%
2,761 residents
Fair health16.1%
1,270 residents
Bad health5.8%
459 residents
Very bad health1.6%
128 residents
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78%
6,136 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22%
1,733 residents
Bridgwater North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,180 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35.4%
1,132 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.3%
648 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7%
224 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
15 households
Bridgwater North · 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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