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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006090

Yeovil Preston Plucknett

Yeovil Preston Plucknett is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,200 residents in South Somerset. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,200

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,087

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,275.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.0%

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.

Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth7,324 residents · 67.7% owned · 17.1% no carNewark South East, Newark and Sherwood9,662 residents · 62.8% owned · 21.6% no carHam, Beacon Park & Pennycross, Plymouth8,870 residents · 68.9% owned · 19.5% no carBoyatt Wood, Eastleigh9,045 residents · 65.5% owned · 16.0% no carYate West, South Gloucestershire6,302 residents · 70.4% owned · 14.2% no carStamford North, South Kesteven9,242 residents · 60.2% owned · 20.1% no car

Most similar within South Somerset

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Yeovil North East, South Somerset7,744 residents · 67.1% owned · 12.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Yeovil Preston Plucknett

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

Tenure

Owned64.6%
1,995 households
Private rented19.6%
604 households
Social rented14.5%
447 households
Shared ownership1.2%
37 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.6%
1,285 households
Terraced27.6%
853 households
Detached17.2%
530 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.6%
296 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.9%
91 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,387 households
2 cars or vans in household30.1%
929 households
No cars or vans in household16.1%
498 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.8%
272 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47%
1,451 households
2 bedrooms26.7%
824 households
4 or more bedrooms15.5%
477 households
1 bedroom10.9%
335 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66%
2,038 households
One-person household28.5%
878 households
Other household types5.5%
170 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.1%
1,175 households
1 person in household28.4%
878 households
3 people in household16%
495 households
4 people in household12.6%
389 households
5 people in household3.5%
109 households
6 people in household1.1%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
7 people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.3%
1,243 residents
15–2916.9%
1,215 residents
30–4420.1%
1,449 residents
45–6425.6%
1,846 residents
65 and over20.1%
1,449 residents
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.8%
6,897 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
130 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.6%
112 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
38 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
22 residents
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27%
1,586 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.8%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
978 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.4%
965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
612 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.4%
493 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.3%
3,604 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.2%
2,187 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
92 residents aged 16 and over
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.5%
1,206 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.5%
909 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.5%
851 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.2%
835 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.7%
570 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.2%
3,252 residents
Good health36.1%
2,602 residents
Fair health13.5%
975 residents
Bad health3.8%
274 residents
Very bad health1.4%
98 residents
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
5,854 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
1,346 residents
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.8%
1,629 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32%
987 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.6%
388 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.5%
78 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Yeovil Preston Plucknett · 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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