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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006637

Devizes East

Devizes East is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,023 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
11,023

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,835

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,145.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.7%

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.

Newton Abbot, Highweek, Teignbridge6,170 residents · 71.1% owned · 14.0% no carEvesham North & Hampton, Wychavon7,120 residents · 69.5% owned · 11.7% no carKirkham & Wesham, Fylde12,576 residents · 68.6% owned · 16.7% no carShaftesbury, Dorset9,158 residents · 62.6% owned · 14.5% no carOssett North, Wakefield9,081 residents · 69.1% owned · 17.5% no carCullompton, Mid Devon8,808 residents · 65.0% owned · 14.6% no car

Most similar within Wiltshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Warminster West & North, Wiltshire6,471 residents · 70.9% owned · 14.0% no carCalne South, Wiltshire7,954 residents · 72.9% owned · 13.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Devizes East

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

Tenure

Owned63.4%
3,064 households
Social rented19%
920 households
Private rented15.2%
737 households
Shared ownership2.4%
114 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached32.5%
1,570 households
Terraced28.4%
1,374 households
Detached25.1%
1,215 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.8%
570 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.9%
44 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
40 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
14 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
7 households
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
2,106 households
2 cars or vans in household32.2%
1,557 households
No cars or vans in household14.6%
707 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.6%
465 households
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.9%
1,978 households
2 bedrooms28.9%
1,395 households
4 or more bedrooms23.3%
1,127 households
1 bedroom6.9%
334 households
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.2%
3,204 households
One-person household29.8%
1,441 households
Other household types4%
193 households
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.5%
1,815 households
1 person in household29.8%
1,441 households
3 people in household14.8%
715 households
4 people in household12.9%
623 households
5 people in household3.8%
182 households
6 people in household0.9%
45 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,885 residents
15–2916%
1,769 residents
30–4418.7%
2,060 residents
45–6427.8%
3,065 residents
65 and over20.4%
2,247 residents
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.2%
10,601 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.5%
160 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
57 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
50 residents
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.7%
2,586 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
1,734 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
1,497 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15.1%
1,359 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
566 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
222 residents aged 16 and over
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)61.7%
5,550 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.9%
3,322 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.8%
1,960 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14%
1,264 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.9%
1,162 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
1,114 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.1%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
843 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
654 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
534 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
383 residents aged 16 and over
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.7%
5,148 residents
Good health35.7%
3,933 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,487 residents
Bad health3.4%
376 residents
Very bad health0.7%
82 residents
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
9,032 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,994 residents
Devizes East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51%
2,465 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,672 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.1%
586 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
107 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Devizes East · 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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