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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006952

City Centre & Harbourside

City Centre & Harbourside is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,021 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
8,021

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,818

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,616.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

33.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.1%

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 & Trent Bridge, Nottingham9,213 residents · 22.1% owned · 60.1% no carLeeds City Centre, Leeds9,531 residents · 19.4% owned · 66.9% no carNewcastle City Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne10,250 residents · 14.1% owned · 66.4% no carLancaster Central, Lancaster9,086 residents · 35.9% owned · 46.9% no carCity Centre & The Polygon, Southampton8,966 residents · 23.1% owned · 46.4% no carUniversity North & Whitworth Street, Manchester7,859 residents · 16.1% owned · 65.8% no car

Most similar within Bristol, City of

The closest matches in the same local authority.

University & Brandon Hill, Bristol, City of8,536 residents · 21.7% owned · 53.8% no carHotwells, Bristol, City of6,924 residents · 41.8% owned · 33.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in City Centre & Harbourside

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

Tenure

Private rented50.5%
1,423 households
Owned33.4%
942 households
Social rented13.9%
391 households
Shared ownership1.9%
54 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement70.2%
1,977 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse10.4%
294 households
Terraced6.8%
192 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4%
112 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.7%
105 households
Semi-detached2.9%
81 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.5%
43 households
Detached0.5%
14 households
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.6%
1,342 households
1 car or van in household42.6%
1,202 households
2 cars or vans in household8.2%
232 households
3 or more cars or vans in household1.5%
43 households
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms42.8%
1,206 households
1 bedroom36%
1,014 households
3 bedrooms13%
367 households
4 or more bedrooms8.2%
232 households
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household43%
1,214 households
Single family household40.3%
1,136 households
Other household types16.7%
470 households
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.1%
1,214 households
2 people in household39.6%
1,116 households
3 people in household8.4%
237 households
4 people in household4.6%
130 households
5 people in household2.1%
60 households
6 people in household1%
27 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
20 households
7 people in household0.5%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 154.6%
366 residents
15–2961.7%
4,948 residents
30–4418.2%
1,458 residents
45–6410.1%
809 residents
65 and over5.5%
442 residents
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White70.4%
5,648 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.2%
1,138 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.5%
525 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.1%
410 residents
Other ethnic group3.7%
300 residents
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.1%
3,213 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications42%
3,208 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications5%
383 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications5%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications2.7%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1%
80 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.9%
3,733 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.5%
3,088 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student10.6%
807 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students48%
3,666 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.1%
1,308 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
1,076 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations4.5%
346 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers3.9%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.7%
286 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations3.5%
266 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.5%
266 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations1.6%
123 residents aged 16 and over
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.4%
4,367 residents
Good health35.2%
2,824 residents
Fair health8%
640 residents
Bad health1.9%
152 residents
Very bad health0.5%
38 residents
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.1%
6,910 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.9%
1,111 residents
City Centre & Harbourside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.8%
1,659 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.7%
809 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.5%
296 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
54 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
City Centre & Harbourside · 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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