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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000188

St Thomas

St Thomas is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,076 residents in Swansea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swansea
8,076

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,822

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,345.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

28.6%

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.

North Darwen, Blackburn with Darwen6,848 residents · 59.6% owned · 29.4% no carMiddleton Town & Rhodes, Rochdale7,210 residents · 58.1% owned · 32.4% no carDarwen Town, Blackburn with Darwen6,342 residents · 51.9% owned · 32.4% no carTonge, Bolton9,178 residents · 54.7% owned · 30.7% no carNewcastle West & Cross Heath, Newcastle-under-Lyme10,005 residents · 43.0% owned · 30.9% no carWigan South, Wigan9,029 residents · 49.5% owned · 31.8% no car

Most similar within Swansea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Landore, Swansea10,216 residents · 49.3% owned · 35.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in St Thomas

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

Tenure

Owned50.1%
1,916 households
Private rented28.6%
1,094 households
Social rented19.5%
747 households
Shared ownership1.4%
55 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced53.2%
2,032 households
Semi-detached20.5%
785 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.1%
692 households
Detached3.8%
147 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2%
77 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
45 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
42 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.7%
1,709 households
No cars or vans in household31.5%
1,203 households
2 cars or vans in household19.3%
736 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.6%
174 households
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms47.6%
1,819 households
2 bedrooms33.6%
1,283 households
1 bedroom11.5%
441 households
4 or more bedrooms7.3%
279 households
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.8%
2,095 households
One-person household37.8%
1,446 households
Other household types7.4%
281 households
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.8%
1,446 households
2 people in household33.1%
1,265 households
3 people in household15.2%
582 households
4 people in household9.7%
370 households
5 people in household2.9%
110 households
6 people in household0.9%
34 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.7%
1,269 residents
15–2926.1%
2,105 residents
30–4419.5%
1,575 residents
45–6423.1%
1,867 residents
65 and over15.6%
1,261 residents
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.8%
7,095 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.5%
521 residents
Other ethnic group2.4%
190 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
148 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.5%
123 residents
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above28.6%
1,917 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.3%
1,626 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,177 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.6%
577 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
387 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
186 residents aged 16 and over
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52%
3,489 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.7%
2,932 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.2%
284 residents aged 16 and over
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.5%
1,109 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.6%
977 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.4%
968 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
904 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.3%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.1%
677 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
416 residents aged 16 and over
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.5%
3,754 residents
Good health31.8%
2,565 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,103 residents
Bad health5.8%
469 residents
Very bad health2.3%
186 residents
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.2%
6,316 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.8%
1,760 residents
St Thomas · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41%
1,567 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,300 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.6%
711 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
238 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
St Thomas · 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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