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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006667

Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Bemerton is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,623 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
7,623

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,003

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,236

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.7%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Salisbury Bemerton

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

Tenure

Owned50.1%
1,506 households
Social rented37%
1,111 households
Private rented9.9%
296 households
Shared ownership2.8%
85 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached42.7%
1,282 households
Terraced26.1%
783 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.7%
472 households
Detached14.7%
440 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,291 households
2 cars or vans in household29.3%
879 households
No cars or vans in household20%
600 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%
230 households
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.7%
1,490 households
2 bedrooms29.8%
893 households
4 or more bedrooms14.3%
428 households
1 bedroom6.2%
187 households
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.5%
2,083 households
One-person household23.4%
701 households
Other household types7.1%
212 households
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.4%
1,004 households
1 person in household23.5%
704 households
3 people in household19.8%
595 households
4 people in household15%
451 households
5 people in household6.1%
183 households
6 people in household1.7%
51 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.2%
1,772 residents
15–2918.3%
1,394 residents
30–4422.4%
1,710 residents
45–6423.3%
1,777 residents
65 and over12.7%
970 residents
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93%
7,082 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.4%
256 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
116 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
115 residents
Other ethnic group0.7%
50 residents
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.7%
1,423 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.6%
1,128 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.2%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.9%
916 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications13.4%
774 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66.5%
3,827 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive31.7%
1,826 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
105 residents aged 16 and over
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.7%
1,018 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.5%
953 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.2%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
707 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.8%
563 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%
485 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
411 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.1%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
285 residents aged 16 and over
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.8%
3,570 residents
Good health35.4%
2,695 residents
Fair health12.9%
981 residents
Bad health4.2%
317 residents
Very bad health0.8%
59 residents
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
6,244 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,379 residents
Salisbury Bemerton · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.7%
1,371 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.2%
1,025 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.5%
465 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
131 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Salisbury Bemerton · 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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