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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006069

Bridgwater Town

Bridgwater Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,576 residents in Sedgemoor. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

10,576

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,873

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,657.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

45.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.2%

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.

Newark North, Newark and Sherwood11,686 residents · 46.4% owned · 31.4% no carCrewe Town & Victoria Avenue, Cheshire East7,983 residents · 42.3% owned · 34.6% no carYeovil Town, South Somerset7,215 residents · 44.4% owned · 31.0% no carTrowbridge North, Wiltshire6,865 residents · 54.4% owned · 28.3% no carRushden East, North Northamptonshire9,357 residents · 50.9% owned · 23.8% no carBarnsley Town & Park Road, Barnsley12,091 residents · 45.7% owned · 35.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bridgwater Town

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

Tenure

Owned45.4%
2,213 households
Private rented37.9%
1,848 households
Social rented16.2%
789 households
Shared ownership0.4%
19 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40%
1,950 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.8%
1,305 households
Semi-detached18.7%
914 households
Detached7%
342 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3%
146 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
112 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
89 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
18 households
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.2%
2,205 households
No cars or vans in household29.3%
1,428 households
2 cars or vans in household19.7%
960 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
282 households
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.9%
1,896 households
2 bedrooms34.9%
1,699 households
1 bedroom18.2%
885 households
4 or more bedrooms8.1%
394 households
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.3%
2,599 households
One-person household39.2%
1,912 households
Other household types7.4%
362 households
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39.2%
1,913 households
2 people in household30.3%
1,479 households
3 people in household14.9%
728 households
4 people in household10.4%
507 households
5 people in household3.3%
161 households
6 people in household1.3%
61 households
7 people in household0.4%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,805 residents
15–2919.3%
2,044 residents
30–4423.6%
2,494 residents
45–6425.4%
2,680 residents
65 and over14.6%
1,547 residents
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91%
9,620 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
535 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
178 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
175 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
68 residents
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.7%
2,144 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.2%
1,755 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,482 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
1,261 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.1%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.9%
600 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
302 residents aged 16 and over
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.9%
5,634 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.3%
2,887 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations27%
2,340 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.1%
1,398 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.2%
1,144 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.4%
814 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.1%
789 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
714 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
631 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.7%
496 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4%
351 residents aged 16 and over
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.1%
4,556 residents
Good health36.9%
3,907 residents
Fair health13.8%
1,460 residents
Bad health5%
530 residents
Very bad health1.2%
124 residents
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.7%
8,531 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.3%
2,046 residents
Bridgwater Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.3%
2,013 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.3%
1,767 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.2%
840 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
246 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Bridgwater Town · 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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