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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006950

St Pauls

St Pauls is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,548 residents in Bristol, City of. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bristol, City of
7,548

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,291

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

14,360.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

22.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

46.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.3%

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.

New Cross South, Lewisham9,906 residents · 30.3% owned · 60.8% no carHolloway Nag's Head, Islington7,354 residents · 28.9% owned · 68.7% no carStockwell East, Lambeth9,631 residents · 26.0% owned · 64.5% no carClapham Common North, Lambeth6,774 residents · 23.7% owned · 64.1% no carBrixton Hill West, Lambeth10,254 residents · 32.3% owned · 57.9% no carBrixton Central, Lambeth9,160 residents · 24.4% owned · 67.3% no car

Most similar within Bristol, City of

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Temple Meads, Bristol, City of10,108 residents · 17.2% owned · 55.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Pauls

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

Tenure

Private rented42%
1,382 households
Social rented32.2%
1,060 households
Owned22.3%
735 households
Shared ownership3.2%
106 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement47.8%
1,573 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits22.7%
749 households
Terraced17.7%
583 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse5.8%
192 households
Semi-detached2.9%
95 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
53 households
Detached1.4%
46 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household46.3%
1,525 households
1 car or van in household41.6%
1,369 households
2 cars or vans in household9.8%
324 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.2%
73 households
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms38.6%
1,270 households
1 bedroom37.1%
1,220 households
3 bedrooms13.9%
459 households
4 or more bedrooms10.4%
342 households
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household41.4%
1,364 households
One-person household36.9%
1,216 households
Other household types21.7%
713 households
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.9%
1,216 households
2 people in household35.7%
1,175 households
3 people in household12.3%
404 households
4 people in household7%
232 households
5 people in household3.6%
118 households
6 people in household2%
66 households
8 or more people in household1.3%
43 households
7 people in household1.2%
40 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.4%
1,008 residents
15–2939.6%
2,989 residents
30–4427.9%
2,106 residents
45–6415.4%
1,165 residents
65 and over3.7%
281 residents
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White58.1%
4,382 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African23%
1,739 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.5%
564 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.4%
557 residents
Other ethnic group4.1%
306 residents
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52.3%
3,390 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications21.1%
1,368 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.7%
627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.3%
342 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
124 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.7%
111 residents aged 16 and over
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)64.6%
4,186 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive29.6%
1,915 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.8%
379 residents aged 16 and over
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,348 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students19.1%
1,235 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.3%
1,058 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.6%
622 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.2%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.8%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
488 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
226 residents aged 16 and over
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.4%
4,030 residents
Good health32.6%
2,461 residents
Fair health10%
752 residents
Bad health3.4%
257 residents
Very bad health0.6%
48 residents
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.4%
6,372 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.6%
1,176 residents
St Pauls · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47%
1,546 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
1,073 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.5%
509 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
145 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
18 households
St Pauls · 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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