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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007024

Westbury Town & South

Westbury Town & South is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,955 residents in Wiltshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wiltshire
6,955

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,132

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,425.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.3%

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.

Brackley South, West Northamptonshire5,502 residents · 62.1% owned · 17.5% no carCrediton, Mid Devon8,077 residents · 62.3% owned · 19.8% no carBlandford Forum Town, Dorset10,359 residents · 63.2% owned · 17.8% no carCongleton Town, Cheshire East7,516 residents · 63.9% owned · 18.3% no carSt Neots Priory Park, Huntingdonshire6,284 residents · 61.8% owned · 22.1% no carCullompton, Mid Devon8,808 residents · 65.0% owned · 14.6% no car

Most similar within Wiltshire

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Trowbridge South, Wiltshire5,551 residents · 70.6% owned · 17.2% no carRoyal Wootton Bassett Town, Wiltshire7,668 residents · 64.7% owned · 15.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Westbury Town & South

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

Tenure

Owned63%
1,972 households
Private rented24.2%
759 households
Social rented12.4%
389 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached28.1%
880 households
Detached27.9%
873 households
Terraced26.5%
831 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.9%
342 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.5%
77 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
71 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
54 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.5%
1,424 households
2 cars or vans in household28.3%
886 households
No cars or vans in household15.4%
481 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.9%
341 households
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.4%
1,110 households
3 bedrooms34.3%
1,073 households
4 or more bedrooms18.9%
591 households
1 bedroom11.4%
358 households
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.2%
1,884 households
One-person household34.7%
1,085 households
Other household types5.1%
159 households
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.8%
1,090 households
1 person in household34.6%
1,085 households
3 people in household15%
470 households
4 people in household10.7%
335 households
5 people in household3.7%
115 households
6 people in household1%
32 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,091 residents
15–2918.4%
1,276 residents
30–4418.4%
1,278 residents
45–6427.8%
1,935 residents
65 and over19.7%
1,373 residents
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.7%
6,727 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
106 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
80 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
23 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
19 residents
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.3%
1,520 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.6%
1,190 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.6%
962 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.3%
941 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
674 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
352 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.6%
3,621 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.1%
2,087 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
80 residents aged 16 and over
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.2%
1,166 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.1%
817 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.8%
796 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
707 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.1%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
605 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.6%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.1%
293 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.5%
3,022 residents
Good health37.2%
2,587 residents
Fair health13.9%
968 residents
Bad health4.1%
286 residents
Very bad health1.3%
92 residents
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
5,586 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,368 residents
Westbury Town & South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension49%
1,533 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,087 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.4%
420 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%
88 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Westbury Town & South · 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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