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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006089

Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,215 residents in South Somerset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,215

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,413

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,980.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.5%

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 Central, Herefordshire, County of9,767 residents · 40.7% owned · 33.4% no carBridgwater Town, Sedgemoor10,576 residents · 45.4% owned · 29.3% no carCentral Stafford, Stafford9,443 residents · 37.6% owned · 33.1% no carEvesham Central, Wychavon6,278 residents · 38.6% owned · 32.2% no carCentral Warrington, Warrington11,239 residents · 47.8% owned · 31.2% no carTrowbridge North, Wiltshire6,865 residents · 54.4% owned · 28.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Yeovil Town

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

Tenure

Owned44.4%
1,514 households
Private rented38.1%
1,300 households
Social rented17.1%
585 households
Shared ownership0.4%
14 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement33.9%
1,158 households
Terraced33.4%
1,142 households
Semi-detached15%
511 households
Detached6.1%
209 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits6.1%
207 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.1%
106 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.3%
78 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.3%
1,547 households
No cars or vans in household31%
1,060 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
613 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
195 households
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms32.6%
1,112 households
1 bedroom29%
992 households
3 bedrooms27.2%
929 households
4 or more bedrooms11.2%
382 households
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household50.1%
1,711 households
One-person household42.1%
1,438 households
Other household types7.7%
263 households
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42.1%
1,437 households
2 people in household30.1%
1,026 households
3 people in household13.8%
470 households
4 people in household9.5%
323 households
5 people in household2.9%
98 households
6 people in household1.1%
39 households
7 people in household0.4%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.5%
1,120 residents
15–2922.1%
1,593 residents
30–4423.1%
1,666 residents
45–6424.1%
1,742 residents
65 and over15.2%
1,095 residents
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.5%
6,313 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.9%
570 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
148 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
108 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.1%
76 residents
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.5%
1,602 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.3%
1,228 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
881 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
643 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.1%
426 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.6%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)65.2%
3,934 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive33.1%
1,998 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
104 residents aged 16 and over
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.1%
1,211 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,096 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.4%
990 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.6%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
511 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.6%
461 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.6%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
422 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.1%
307 residents aged 16 and over
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
3,238 residents
Good health35.9%
2,589 residents
Fair health13.7%
990 residents
Bad health4.3%
311 residents
Very bad health1.2%
88 residents
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
5,806 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
1,410 residents
Yeovil Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.2%
1,545 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,168 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.1%
551 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4%
138 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
13 households
Yeovil 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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