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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006689

Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick

Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,016 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
7,016

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,922

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

128.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.4%

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.

West Bergholt & Wormingford, Colchester6,566 residents · 80.3% owned · 9.3% no carEast Bergholt, Brantham & Capel St Mary, Babergh10,440 residents · 81.6% owned · 7.3% no carMulbarton, Tasburgh & Saxlingham Nethergate, South Norfolk10,688 residents · 78.8% owned · 7.4% no carBarrow, Chedburgh & Sicklesmere, West Suffolk9,731 residents · 76.2% owned · 7.1% no carThurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North, Mid Suffolk8,870 residents · 79.2% owned · 7.3% no carStilton, Elton & Folksworth, Huntingdonshire5,662 residents · 74.1% owned · 7.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick

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

Tenure

Owned80.4%
2,349 households
Private rented12%
351 households
Social rented7.2%
210 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached51.1%
1,494 households
Semi-detached29.7%
867 households
Terraced15.4%
449 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.2%
63 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.4%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
10 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.4%
1,179 households
1 car or van in household34.3%
1,000 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.2%
530 households
No cars or vans in household7.1%
208 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms40.5%
1,182 households
3 bedrooms39.2%
1,145 households
2 bedrooms17.3%
505 households
1 bedroom3%
89 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.6%
2,088 households
One-person household23.4%
682 households
Other household types5.1%
148 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.8%
1,222 households
1 person in household23.3%
682 households
3 people in household14.7%
429 households
4 people in household13.7%
400 households
5 people in household4.9%
142 households
6 people in household1.2%
35 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,195 residents
15–2913%
914 residents
30–4416.1%
1,130 residents
45–6427.9%
1,957 residents
65 and over25.9%
1,819 residents
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.4%
6,764 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
135 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
47 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
42 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
29 residents
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.4%
1,918 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.3%
997 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.3%
880 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.7%
843 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.9%
629 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
150 residents aged 16 and over
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.8%
3,323 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
2,346 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations23%
1,320 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.1%
866 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers14.7%
843 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.6%
608 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.9%
568 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
296 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5%
288 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.4%
3,396 residents
Good health35.5%
2,492 residents
Fair health12.2%
857 residents
Bad health3%
211 residents
Very bad health0.8%
58 residents
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.7%
5,875 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.3%
1,141 residents
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.6%
1,594 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
971 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.6%
310 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
42 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick · 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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