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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000180

Ravenhill

Ravenhill is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,012 residents in Swansea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swansea
8,012

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,379

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,377

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.5%

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.

King's Tamerton & West Park, Plymouth7,532 residents · 55.6% owned · 24.7% no carDafen & Felin-foel, Carmarthenshire5,195 residents · 61.5% owned · 20.0% no carNeath South, Neath Port Talbot6,182 residents · 56.9% owned · 24.4% no carCaerau West, Cardiff6,599 residents · 49.9% owned · 29.0% no carKirkby Central, Ashfield6,164 residents · 48.4% owned · 29.3% no carLeigh North, Wigan8,167 residents · 53.5% owned · 28.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ravenhill

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

Tenure

Owned52.6%
1,777 households
Social rented30.9%
1,045 households
Private rented15.6%
528 households
Lives rent free0.7%
22 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached54.5%
1,841 households
Terraced30.4%
1,028 households
Detached8.7%
295 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.3%
146 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure1.2%
39 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
14 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
12 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household46%
1,555 households
No cars or vans in household24.9%
843 households
2 cars or vans in household21.9%
741 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
240 households
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.4%
1,941 households
2 bedrooms28.5%
964 households
4 or more bedrooms8.4%
284 households
1 bedroom5.6%
190 households
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
2,159 households
One-person household31.1%
1,053 households
Other household types5.1%
171 households
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.8%
1,075 households
1 person in household31.2%
1,053 households
3 people in household16.6%
562 households
4 people in household12.8%
434 households
5 people in household5.3%
180 households
6 people in household1.5%
52 households
7 people in household0.6%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.7%
1,659 residents
15–2918.3%
1,463 residents
30–4419.8%
1,590 residents
45–6424.8%
1,985 residents
65 and over16.4%
1,315 residents
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White90.8%
7,277 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh4.4%
351 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
164 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
113 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
107 residents
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.5%
1,776 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.5%
1,343 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.3%
956 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.7%
670 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
390 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
198 residents aged 16 and over
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52%
3,240 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.1%
2,812 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.3%
1,139 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.3%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.7%
856 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.7%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
747 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.6%
473 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.8%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.8%
300 residents aged 16 and over
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
3,598 residents
Good health29.7%
2,379 residents
Fair health15.9%
1,273 residents
Bad health6.8%
543 residents
Very bad health2.7%
219 residents
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.5%
5,887 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.5%
2,122 residents
Ravenhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,219 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.2%
1,157 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.2%
718 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.3%
279 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Ravenhill · 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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