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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000214

Sandfields

Sandfields is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,657 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
9,657

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,105

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,293.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.9%

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.

Pengam & Cefn Fforest, Caerphilly7,393 residents · 61.3% owned · 22.5% no carRift House & Summerhill, Hartlepool6,473 residents · 53.8% owned · 34.2% no carNetherton North, Sefton5,978 residents · 53.2% owned · 38.4% no carGrange, Halton Brook & Hallwood Park, Halton9,514 residents · 41.2% owned · 33.6% no carRoseworth, Stockton-on-Tees8,024 residents · 50.8% owned · 31.2% no carLeasowe South & Moreton East, Wirral6,391 residents · 43.8% owned · 35.8% no car

Most similar within Neath Port Talbot

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Aberafan, Neath Port Talbot9,464 residents · 52.2% owned · 30.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sandfields

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

Tenure

Owned54.5%
2,239 households
Social rented33.5%
1,377 households
Private rented11.5%
474 households
Lives rent free0.4%
15 households
Shared ownership0%
0 households
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached65%
2,670 households
Terraced18.2%
748 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement9.4%
387 households
Detached6.6%
273 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
16 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.9%
1,844 households
No cars or vans in household26.1%
1,072 households
2 cars or vans in household21.8%
894 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.3%
298 households
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms75.2%
3,091 households
2 bedrooms13.6%
557 households
4 or more bedrooms6.4%
262 households
1 bedroom4.8%
198 households
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.1%
2,594 households
One-person household31.7%
1,301 households
Other household types5.2%
213 households
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33%
1,355 households
1 person in household31.7%
1,301 households
3 people in household17.4%
714 households
4 people in household11.2%
462 households
5 people in household4.5%
187 households
6 people in household1.6%
67 households
7 people in household0.4%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.3%
1,771 residents
15–2916.7%
1,612 residents
30–4419%
1,831 residents
45–6425.2%
2,437 residents
65 and over20.8%
2,007 residents
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
9,358 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
145 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.2%
112 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
27 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
15 residents
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications33.2%
2,576 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.9%
1,464 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
1,106 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.9%
764 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
429 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive51.1%
3,959 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)47.1%
3,651 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
140 residents aged 16 and over
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20%
1,548 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations18.4%
1,425 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14%
1,081 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
1,004 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.5%
813 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.4%
651 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.9%
456 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.3%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.6%
358 residents aged 16 and over
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.4%
3,997 residents
Good health29.6%
2,859 residents
Fair health17%
1,643 residents
Bad health8.7%
841 residents
Very bad health3.3%
317 residents
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act69.8%
6,737 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act30.2%
2,920 residents
Sandfields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,395 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.5%
1,336 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.1%
992 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.2%
378 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Sandfields · 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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