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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000182

Cwmbwrla

Cwmbwrla is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,526 residents in Swansea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swansea
7,526

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,415

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,005.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.7%

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.

West Park, St. Helens10,506 residents · 63.6% owned · 24.0% no carRose Hill & Burnley Wood, Burnley10,746 residents · 64.7% owned · 27.8% no carNorth Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen6,848 residents · 59.6% owned · 29.4% no carOswaldtwistle, Hyndburn7,289 residents · 60.4% owned · 26.9% no carMeadowhead, Blackburn with Darwen7,278 residents · 60.5% owned · 29.6% no carEfford, Laira & Crabtree, Plymouth9,206 residents · 55.5% owned · 26.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cwmbwrla

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

Tenure

Owned64.8%
2,213 households
Private rented22.4%
765 households
Social rented12.5%
427 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced68%
2,322 households
Semi-detached17.4%
594 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.7%
297 households
Detached4.2%
142 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
35 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47%
1,607 households
No cars or vans in household24.8%
848 households
2 cars or vans in household21.7%
740 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.5%
222 households
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.6%
1,833 households
2 bedrooms32.9%
1,125 households
4 or more bedrooms7.5%
256 households
1 bedroom5.9%
203 households
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.6%
2,139 households
One-person household34%
1,160 households
Other household types3.4%
116 households
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34%
1,160 households
2 people in household33.9%
1,159 households
3 people in household17.2%
587 households
4 people in household10.6%
362 households
5 people in household3.2%
109 households
6 people in household0.7%
25 households
7 people in household0.4%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
2 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,244 residents
15–2917.6%
1,323 residents
30–4420.4%
1,537 residents
45–6426.5%
1,998 residents
65 and over18.9%
1,426 residents
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94%
7,074 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.6%
197 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
116 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.1%
82 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
59 residents
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.7%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.5%
1,460 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,041 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.6%
966 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
607 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.8%
484 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
176 residents aged 16 and over
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.4%
3,560 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.6%
2,518 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations17.7%
1,097 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.7%
1,033 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.1%
997 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.5%
900 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.2%
568 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
367 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.9%
366 residents aged 16 and over
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.7%
3,439 residents
Good health31.6%
2,382 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,070 residents
Bad health6.3%
476 residents
Very bad health2.1%
161 residents
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act76.7%
5,769 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act23.3%
1,757 residents
Cwmbwrla · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.6%
1,387 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,187 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.6%
634 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6%
206 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Cwmbwrla · 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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