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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000205

Neath Abbey

Neath Abbey is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,730 residents in Neath Port Talbot. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Neath Port Talbot
5,730

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,612

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

716.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.4%

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.

Pembrey & Burry Port, Carmarthenshire8,212 residents · 73.0% owned · 16.6% no carAmmanford & Betws, Carmarthenshire7,837 residents · 67.1% owned · 19.2% no carAberdare East & Cwm-bach, Rhondda Cynon Taf6,909 residents · 69.6% owned · 20.2% no carPeterlee South, County Durham6,456 residents · 69.4% owned · 22.3% no carWhitburn & Marsden, South Tyneside7,590 residents · 63.6% owned · 26.3% no carRassau & Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent6,622 residents · 61.9% owned · 20.8% no car

Most similar within Neath Port Talbot

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Ystalyfera & Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Neath Port Talbot10,178 residents · 67.8% owned · 16.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Neath Abbey

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

Tenure

Owned68.6%
1,793 households
Social rented21.5%
561 households
Private rented9.6%
250 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached43.8%
1,144 households
Detached30.8%
804 households
Terraced12.4%
323 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.5%
299 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,131 households
2 cars or vans in household27.1%
708 households
No cars or vans in household19.6%
512 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10%
260 households
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms54.7%
1,430 households
2 bedrooms21.5%
562 households
4 or more bedrooms15%
393 households
1 bedroom8.7%
227 households
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.1%
1,673 households
One-person household32.8%
858 households
Other household types3.1%
81 households
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.3%
975 households
1 person in household32.8%
857 households
3 people in household15.1%
395 households
4 people in household11%
287 households
5 people in household2.9%
75 households
6 people in household0.7%
19 households
7 people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.8%
789 residents
15–2914.8%
847 residents
30–4416.4%
940 residents
45–6428.7%
1,646 residents
65 and over26.3%
1,509 residents
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.1%
5,622 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
50 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.6%
33 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
16 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
11 residents
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.4%
1,340 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.6%
1,156 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.8%
776 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.7%
720 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.8%
430 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50.2%
2,458 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.3%
2,366 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
74 residents aged 16 and over
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.7%
914 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14%
686 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
679 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.2%
502 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.2%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
326 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
291 residents aged 16 and over
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.9%
2,459 residents
Good health32.1%
1,838 residents
Fair health16.4%
939 residents
Bad health6.4%
368 residents
Very bad health2.2%
127 residents
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act73.5%
4,211 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act26.5%
1,518 residents
Neath Abbey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.2%
1,075 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.1%
915 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.7%
487 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5%
130 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Neath Abbey · 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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