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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000191

Uplands

Uplands is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,780 residents in Swansea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swansea
8,780

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,665

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,480.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

44.3%

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.

Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South, Leicester11,333 residents · 45.6% owned · 31.7% no carFulford Road & Clementhorpe, York11,774 residents · 48.4% owned · 33.5% no carHighfield & University, Southampton6,799 residents · 49.5% owned · 26.4% no carSt Paul's, Cheltenham8,096 residents · 40.1% owned · 32.2% no carFalmouth East, Cornwall7,064 residents · 59.2% owned · 22.9% no carBeeston Town, Broxtowe9,079 residents · 46.7% owned · 36.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Uplands

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

Tenure

Owned56.2%
2,058 households
Private rented35.2%
1,291 households
Social rented8%
295 households
Shared ownership0.4%
15 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced34.5%
1,265 households
Semi-detached25.8%
944 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement16.8%
616 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.3%
451 households
Detached9.2%
339 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,547 households
No cars or vans in household25.2%
923 households
2 cars or vans in household23.4%
857 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.2%
339 households
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms33.5%
1,229 households
3 bedrooms32.1%
1,178 households
2 bedrooms18.8%
688 households
1 bedroom15.6%
571 households
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.2%
1,731 households
One-person household36.6%
1,343 households
Other household types16.2%
593 households
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household36.6%
1,343 households
2 people in household30.2%
1,106 households
3 people in household13.1%
479 households
4 people in household9.6%
352 households
5 people in household5.9%
216 households
6 people in household2.9%
108 households
7 people in household1.2%
43 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
20 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.2%
979 residents
15–2934.9%
3,067 residents
30–4417.3%
1,523 residents
45–6421.3%
1,869 residents
65 and over15.3%
1,341 residents
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White82.3%
7,229 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9.2%
807 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
283 residents
Other ethnic group2.9%
251 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.4%
210 residents
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above44.3%
3,430 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications26.4%
2,047 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.9%
841 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications8.9%
690 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
361 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
240 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
138 residents aged 16 and over
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.4%
3,753 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)43.4%
3,362 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student8.2%
633 residents aged 16 and over
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students29.7%
2,302 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.2%
1,407 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.8%
1,068 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8%
623 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
546 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.7%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.7%
516 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.4%
496 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.5%
269 residents aged 16 and over
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.2%
4,494 residents
Good health31.6%
2,778 residents
Fair health12%
1,057 residents
Bad health3.8%
331 residents
Very bad health1.3%
118 residents
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
7,076 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
1,706 residents
Uplands · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.9%
1,904 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.5%
1,155 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.1%
480 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.3%
120 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Uplands · 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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