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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000094

Cefn Mawr

Cefn Mawr is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,899 residents in Wrexham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wrexham
8,899

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,824

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

665.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.3%

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.

Eckington East & Renishaw, North East Derbyshire8,309 residents · 55.0% owned · 18.9% no carPemberton North, Wigan6,605 residents · 59.7% owned · 25.4% no carMexborough East, Doncaster6,872 residents · 53.2% owned · 27.5% no carHuthwaite, Ashfield6,696 residents · 57.8% owned · 24.1% no carNorton, Stoke-on-Trent8,311 residents · 59.6% owned · 23.3% no carThurcroft, Rotherham7,489 residents · 63.3% owned · 21.1% no car

Most similar within Wrexham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rhosllannerchrugog & Johnstown South, Wrexham6,726 residents · 53.5% owned · 24.4% no carGwersyllt West & Summerhill, Wrexham5,957 residents · 63.8% owned · 18.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cefn Mawr

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

Tenure

Owned54%
2,064 households
Social rented35.5%
1,356 households
Private rented9.9%
378 households
Lives rent free0.5%
20 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.6%
1,475 households
Terraced30%
1,147 households
Detached21.8%
834 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.4%
284 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.8%
1,520 households
2 cars or vans in household25.5%
975 households
No cars or vans in household24%
916 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.7%
410 households
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.9%
1,831 households
2 bedrooms32.8%
1,254 households
4 or more bedrooms10.6%
404 households
1 bedroom8.7%
332 households
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.4%
2,533 households
One-person household30.3%
1,156 households
Other household types3.3%
125 households
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.3%
1,311 households
1 person in household30.3%
1,156 households
3 people in household17%
650 households
4 people in household13.2%
503 households
5 people in household3.7%
141 households
6 people in household1.2%
45 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.8%
1,677 residents
15–2916.9%
1,500 residents
30–4417.8%
1,582 residents
45–6427%
2,406 residents
65 and over19.5%
1,733 residents
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.5%
8,674 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
79 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
65 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
56 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
24 residents
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.5%
1,738 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.3%
1,656 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.3%
1,156 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
755 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.3%
517 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
172 residents aged 16 and over
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
3,903 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.5%
3,090 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
114 residents aged 16 and over
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.2%
1,437 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.3%
1,088 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
1,061 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.7%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.5%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.4%
455 residents aged 16 and over
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45%
4,000 residents
Good health31.8%
2,826 residents
Fair health15.8%
1,409 residents
Bad health5.9%
523 residents
Very bad health1.6%
139 residents
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.4%
6,886 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.6%
2,013 residents
Cefn Mawr · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.2%
1,612 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,270 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19%
726 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.5%
209 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Cefn Mawr · 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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