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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006951

University & Brandon Hill

University & Brandon Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,536 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
8,536

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,935

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

8,149.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

21.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

53.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

46.8%

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.

City Centre & The Polygon, Southampton8,966 residents · 23.1% owned · 46.4% no carThe Park & Castle, Nottingham9,671 residents · 32.1% owned · 36.6% no carDevonshire Quarter, Sheffield7,849 residents · 12.2% owned · 63.6% no carBroomhall, Sheffield7,657 residents · 44.5% owned · 31.9% no carBroomhill & Lower Crookesmoor, Sheffield8,326 residents · 34.9% owned · 34.4% no carSouth Jesmond & Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne8,972 residents · 34.4% owned · 32.8% no car

Most similar within Bristol, City of

The closest matches in the same local authority.

City Centre & Harbourside, Bristol, City of8,021 residents · 33.4% owned · 47.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in University & Brandon Hill

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

Tenure

Private rented65.8%
1,931 households
Owned21.7%
638 households
Social rented10.7%
313 households
Shared ownership1.8%
52 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement59.1%
1,736 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.7%
521 households
Terraced9.3%
273 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop5.3%
155 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse4.4%
130 households
Semi-detached3%
88 households
Detached1.2%
35 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household53.8%
1,581 households
1 car or van in household35.2%
1,033 households
2 cars or vans in household8.2%
240 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.8%
83 households
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom36.3%
1,067 households
2 bedrooms35.2%
1,034 households
4 or more bedrooms16.9%
496 households
3 bedrooms11.6%
340 households
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household37.5%
1,102 households
Single family household34.2%
1,004 households
Other household types28.3%
830 households
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.5%
1,102 households
2 people in household34.9%
1,025 households
3 people in household11.2%
328 households
4 people in household7.4%
217 households
5 people in household3.9%
114 households
6 people in household2%
60 households
8 or more people in household1.9%
55 households
7 people in household1.2%
36 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 154.5%
382 residents
15–2967.7%
5,776 residents
30–4417%
1,454 residents
45–647.2%
618 residents
65 and over3.6%
305 residents
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White69.5%
5,931 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17.4%
1,487 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.3%
456 residents
Other ethnic group4.4%
376 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.3%
283 residents
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above46.8%
3,812 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications42%
3,418 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications4.1%
330 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications2.6%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.7%
142 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship0.9%
75 residents aged 16 and over
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.5%
4,115 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)35.6%
2,896 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student13.9%
1,131 residents aged 16 and over
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students57.1%
4,647 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16%
1,299 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.9%
972 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations4%
327 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers2.9%
233 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations2.5%
202 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.4%
198 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2%
165 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.2%
97 residents aged 16 and over
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.4%
4,899 residents
Good health33.1%
2,829 residents
Fair health7.5%
637 residents
Bad health1.6%
134 residents
Very bad health0.5%
39 residents
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.1%
7,349 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.9%
1,187 residents
University & Brandon Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.6%
1,574 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
1,031 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.1%
267 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
56 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
University & Brandon Hill · 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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