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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006113

Minehead Town

Minehead Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,437 residents in Somerset West and Taunton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,437

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,503

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,249.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.5%

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.

Felixstowe Seafront, East Suffolk6,306 residents · 56.2% owned · 24.1% no carDriffield Central, East Riding of Yorkshire6,208 residents · 62.6% owned · 24.7% no carBabbacombe & Plainmoor, Torbay5,758 residents · 64.2% owned · 27.1% no carHoniton North & East, East Devon6,171 residents · 61.7% owned · 23.1% no carBridport South & West Bay, Dorset5,553 residents · 64.0% owned · 20.6% no carWarminster Central, Wiltshire6,117 residents · 64.7% owned · 21.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Minehead Town

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

Tenure

Owned64.5%
2,258 households
Private rented25.6%
897 households
Social rented9.4%
331 households
Shared ownership0.5%
17 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached24.5%
858 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement22.1%
776 households
Terraced21.7%
760 households
Detached15.4%
541 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits10.2%
358 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.3%
114 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.6%
91 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.2%
1,619 households
No cars or vans in household24.2%
847 households
2 cars or vans in household20.6%
721 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
315 households
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36%
1,262 households
2 bedrooms31.3%
1,095 households
4 or more bedrooms17.1%
600 households
1 bedroom15.6%
546 households
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.9%
1,959 households
One-person household39%
1,365 households
Other household types5.1%
179 households
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household39%
1,365 households
2 people in household36.1%
1,266 households
3 people in household12.5%
439 households
4 people in household8%
280 households
5 people in household2.9%
100 households
6 people in household1%
35 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.9%
958 residents
15–2914.1%
1,047 residents
30–4414.5%
1,079 residents
45–6426.1%
1,938 residents
65 and over32.5%
2,417 residents
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
7,241 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
96 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
62 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
23 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
15 residents
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.5%
1,636 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.6%
1,448 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.6%
939 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
729 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.1%
3,216 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.8%
3,136 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.1%
69 residents aged 16 and over
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.4%
1,182 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.1%
1,100 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.6%
874 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.3%
853 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.2%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
548 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.5%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
277 residents aged 16 and over
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.1%
2,984 residents
Good health35.7%
2,657 residents
Fair health17.5%
1,300 residents
Bad health5.3%
396 residents
Very bad health1.3%
100 residents
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77%
5,730 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23%
1,707 residents
Minehead Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.8%
1,498 households
Household is deprived in one dimension38.6%
1,353 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.2%
533 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
113 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Minehead 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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