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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000161

Dafen & Felin-foel

Dafen & Felin-foel is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,195 residents in Carmarthenshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Carmarthenshire
5,195

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,205

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,082.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

61.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.6%

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.

Pyle, Kenfig Hill & Cefncribwr, Bridgend8,880 residents · 64.6% owned · 20.0% no carRassau & Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent6,622 residents · 61.9% owned · 20.8% no carHaydock East, St. Helens5,765 residents · 63.3% owned · 23.5% no carCefn-glas & Bryntirion, Bridgend6,127 residents · 67.2% owned · 18.3% no carNewbridge, Caerphilly6,237 residents · 66.4% owned · 19.6% no carMaesteg East, Bridgend7,174 residents · 67.5% owned · 25.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dafen & Felin-foel

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

Tenure

Owned61.5%
1,357 households
Social rented22.8%
503 households
Private rented15.1%
333 households
Lives rent free0.3%
7 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached53.3%
1,177 households
Terraced27.4%
605 households
Detached14.2%
314 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3.9%
86 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
15 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
4 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
2 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46.6%
1,029 households
2 cars or vans in household24.4%
538 households
No cars or vans in household20%
442 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
198 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.3%
1,309 households
2 bedrooms24%
530 households
4 or more bedrooms11.2%
247 households
1 bedroom5.5%
121 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.8%
1,384 households
One-person household32.7%
720 households
Other household types4.6%
101 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.5%
738 households
1 person in household32.6%
720 households
3 people in household15.7%
347 households
4 people in household11.5%
253 households
5 people in household4.3%
94 households
6 people in household1.9%
43 households
7 people in household0.5%
10 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.5%
911 residents
15–2917%
881 residents
30–4417.5%
907 residents
45–6426.5%
1,376 residents
65 and over21.5%
1,119 residents
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.6%
4,966 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
139 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
58 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
23 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
11 residents
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above24.6%
1,037 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.6%
1,034 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
665 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.5%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
404 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.7%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
134 residents aged 16 and over
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.2%
2,157 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.1%
1,984 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
71 residents aged 16 and over
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations17.7%
746 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17.5%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%
698 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
489 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10%
423 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
322 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.6%
278 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.2%
263 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.5%
2,261 residents
Good health31.4%
1,632 residents
Fair health15.6%
811 residents
Bad health7%
364 residents
Very bad health2.5%
129 residents
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.1%
3,900 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.9%
1,295 residents
Dafen & Felin-foel · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40%
883 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
768 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20%
441 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.2%
115 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Dafen & Felin-foel · 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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