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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000194

Sketty

Sketty is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,537 residents in Swansea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swansea
6,537

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,421

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,668.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

79.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.5%

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.

Pen-y-lan North, Cardiff6,238 residents · 83.6% owned · 14.5% no carSouthwell, Newark and Sherwood7,558 residents · 74.2% owned · 13.9% no carStoke Bishop, Bristol, City of10,256 residents · 82.0% owned · 10.4% no carEaton, Norwich9,378 residents · 72.0% owned · 17.9% no carWivenhoe & University, Colchester8,984 residents · 77.2% owned · 16.2% no carWinchester West, Winchester10,079 residents · 64.8% owned · 15.9% no car

Most similar within Swansea

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Mumbles & Newton, Swansea7,256 residents · 80.6% owned · 13.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sketty

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

Tenure

Owned79.9%
1,934 households
Private rented15.8%
382 households
Social rented3.5%
85 households
Shared ownership0.5%
11 households
Lives rent free0.4%
9 households
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached43.1%
1,043 households
Semi-detached31.2%
756 households
Terraced11.3%
274 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.3%
224 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
72 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,014 households
2 cars or vans in household33.3%
806 households
No cars or vans in household14.6%
354 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.2%
247 households
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms43.2%
1,045 households
3 bedrooms35.3%
854 households
2 bedrooms15.2%
368 households
1 bedroom6.4%
154 households
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.1%
1,576 households
One-person household30.6%
740 households
Other household types4.3%
104 households
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.4%
906 households
1 person in household30.6%
740 households
3 people in household14.6%
354 households
4 people in household12.4%
300 households
5 people in household3.7%
90 households
6 people in household0.9%
22 households
7 people in household0.3%
7 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1512.2%
797 residents
15–2927.4%
1,790 residents
30–4413.8%
899 residents
45–6421.5%
1,404 residents
65 and over25.2%
1,647 residents
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.4%
5,643 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.9%
449 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
177 residents
Other ethnic group2.3%
149 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.8%
117 residents
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.5%
2,589 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications26.8%
1,526 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.7%
553 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.9%
449 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.3%
244 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
194 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
134 residents aged 16 and over
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive55.5%
3,156 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)40.4%
2,295 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.1%
236 residents aged 16 and over
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students25.1%
1,427 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.1%
1,255 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.5%
1,108 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
525 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.1%
403 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.5%
254 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.4%
249 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.2%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
3,364 residents
Good health32.5%
2,126 residents
Fair health11.8%
770 residents
Bad health3.2%
211 residents
Very bad health1%
66 residents
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
5,316 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
1,221 residents
Sketty · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.6%
1,394 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.2%
756 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions9.5%
231 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.4%
33 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Sketty · 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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