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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000090

Pen-y-cae & Minera

Pen-y-cae & Minera is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,704 residents in Wrexham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wrexham
5,704

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,388

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

167.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.8%

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.

Mostyn & Holway, Flintshire6,577 residents · 73.6% owned · 12.7% no carGlyn & Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire10,109 residents · 77.2% owned · 10.1% no carAskern, Campsall & Norton, Doncaster11,974 residents · 65.4% owned · 20.3% no carStonebroom, Shirland & Wessington, North East Derbyshire8,081 residents · 67.0% owned · 13.9% no carTibshelf, Newton & Hardwick Park, Bolsover8,749 residents · 70.9% owned · 13.4% no carLlan-non, Cross Hands & Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire8,420 residents · 75.5% owned · 10.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pen-y-cae & Minera

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

Tenure

Owned67.8%
1,618 households
Social rented21.6%
516 households
Private rented10%
239 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached40.4%
963 households
Detached38%
906 households
Terraced17.3%
413 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.6%
87 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
10 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
0 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household38.3%
913 households
2 cars or vans in household32.2%
768 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.2%
362 households
No cars or vans in household14.4%
343 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53%
1,265 households
2 bedrooms23.6%
563 households
4 or more bedrooms18.1%
433 households
1 bedroom5.2%
125 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.2%
1,628 households
One-person household26.7%
638 households
Other household types5.1%
121 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.3%
865 households
1 person in household26.8%
638 households
3 people in household17.8%
424 households
4 people in household12.9%
307 households
5 people in household4.6%
110 households
6 people in household1%
24 households
7 people in household0.4%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,016 residents
15–2916%
910 residents
30–4417.2%
978 residents
45–6428.6%
1,630 residents
65 and over20.5%
1,166 residents
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98%
5,590 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
50 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.5%
27 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.4%
24 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
14 residents
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.8%
1,376 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications19.8%
912 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.9%
734 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
710 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%
469 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.2%
284 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.6%
2,564 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.5%
1,960 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
90 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
863 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.2%
702 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.9%
642 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
556 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.4%
432 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
425 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.9%
364 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
286 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.9%
2,619 residents
Good health33.3%
1,900 residents
Fair health14.1%
803 residents
Bad health5.1%
292 residents
Very bad health1.5%
88 residents
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.4%
4,470 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.6%
1,232 residents
Pen-y-cae & Minera · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension46.2%
1,102 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
795 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.8%
376 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.7%
112 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Pen-y-cae & Minera · 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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