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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000010

Bangor City

Bangor City is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,615 residents in Gwynedd. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Gwynedd
8,615

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,690

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,111.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

30.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.4%

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.

Aberystwyth North, Ceredigion8,971 residents · 34.4% owned · 41.5% no carWharf & University, Lincoln10,448 residents · 30.5% owned · 39.1% no carEdge Hill, Liverpool12,385 residents · 22.8% owned · 54.9% no carBrynmill, Swansea8,817 residents · 33.8% owned · 37.0% no carBroomhall, Sheffield7,657 residents · 44.5% owned · 31.9% no carLoughborough Storer & Queen's Park, Charnwood11,233 residents · 33.2% owned · 28.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bangor City

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

Tenure

Private rented43.6%
1,173 households
Owned30.4%
819 households
Social rented25.2%
678 households
Shared ownership0.5%
14 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced41.9%
1,126 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.1%
541 households
Semi-detached18.1%
486 households
Detached8.9%
239 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.6%
150 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse3.2%
85 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.2%
59 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household38.6%
1,038 households
1 car or van in household37.5%
1,010 households
2 cars or vans in household16.7%
450 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
192 households
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms29.9%
804 households
2 bedrooms28%
753 households
4 or more bedrooms27.1%
729 households
1 bedroom15%
404 households
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household38.8%
1,044 households
One-person household36.7%
986 households
Other household types24.5%
659 households
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.7%
986 households
2 people in household29.8%
801 households
3 people in household13.6%
367 households
4 people in household9.7%
260 households
5 people in household5.3%
142 households
6 people in household3%
80 households
8 or more people in household1.1%
29 households
7 people in household0.9%
25 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 157.5%
648 residents
15–2961.6%
5,304 residents
30–4411%
944 residents
45–6411.2%
968 residents
65 and over8.7%
750 residents
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White83%
7,154 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.5%
730 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3%
262 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
261 residents
Other ethnic group2.4%
208 residents
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications45%
3,561 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above29.4%
2,331 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.8%
694 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.2%
649 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.8%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
211 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
177 residents aged 16 and over
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive59.8%
4,738 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)25.3%
2,005 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student14.9%
1,179 residents aged 16 and over
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students58.4%
4,629 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
648 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7%
554 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.7%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.1%
403 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.4%
352 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers4.1%
325 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations3.6%
283 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.5%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.3%
4,332 residents
Good health34.7%
2,988 residents
Fair health11.3%
976 residents
Bad health2.9%
254 residents
Very bad health0.8%
65 residents
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
6,937 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
1,678 residents
Bangor City · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.8%
1,205 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
975 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.7%
421 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3%
82 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
7 households
Bangor City · 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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