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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000098

Four Crosses & Guilsfield

Four Crosses & Guilsfield is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,261 residents in Powys. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Powys
6,261

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,735

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

7.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.7%

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.

Kingstone & Kingsthorne, Herefordshire, County of10,857 residents · 71.5% owned · 8.5% no carBomere Heath & Montford Bridge, Shropshire9,810 residents · 71.6% owned · 8.4% no carClarborough, Beckingham & Misterton, Bassetlaw9,230 residents · 79.1% owned · 8.2% no carGillingham Outer, Bourton & Motcombe, Dorset9,186 residents · 76.7% owned · 6.2% no carMorton & Billingborough, South Kesteven7,884 residents · 74.3% owned · 8.6% no carMayfield, Rocester & Bramshall, East Staffordshire7,745 residents · 77.7% owned · 8.7% no car

Most similar within Powys

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Abermule, Churchstoke & Kerry, Powys5,790 residents · 74.8% owned · 5.9% no carMontgomery, Trewern & Berriew, Powys5,534 residents · 71.1% owned · 6.8% no carLlanfair Caereinion & Caersws, Powys6,151 residents · 75.4% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Four Crosses & Guilsfield

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

Tenure

Owned78.2%
2,139 households
Private rented15.7%
429 households
Social rented6%
164 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached68.3%
1,868 households
Semi-detached21.9%
600 households
Terraced7%
192 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.4%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
7 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
6 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
6 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.1%
1,043 households
1 car or van in household34.9%
955 households
3 or more cars or vans in household19.7%
538 households
No cars or vans in household7.2%
198 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46%
1,257 households
4 or more bedrooms31.2%
852 households
2 bedrooms20.2%
553 households
1 bedroom2.7%
73 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.3%
1,868 households
One-person household27.8%
759 households
Other household types3.9%
108 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.4%
1,104 households
1 person in household27.8%
759 households
3 people in household14.2%
388 households
4 people in household12.4%
338 households
5 people in household3.9%
106 households
6 people in household1.2%
32 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514%
879 residents
15–2913.7%
855 residents
30–4414.6%
914 residents
45–6430.2%
1,888 residents
65 and over27.5%
1,724 residents
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
6,145 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
54 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
43 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
15 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
5 residents
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above31.7%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.4%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.4%
874 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.1%
856 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.4%
449 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
292 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59%
3,137 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.8%
2,115 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
65 residents aged 16 and over
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.1%
1,121 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers19.2%
1,018 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.9%
685 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
585 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
576 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.7%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
329 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
248 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.5%
238 residents aged 16 and over
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.9%
2,876 residents
Good health35.7%
2,238 residents
Fair health13.3%
831 residents
Bad health3.8%
239 residents
Very bad health1.3%
79 residents
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.7%
5,175 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.3%
1,086 residents
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.8%
1,472 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.6%
890 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.8%
323 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Four Crosses & Guilsfield · 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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