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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000218

Caerau

Caerau is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,665 residents in Bridgend. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Bridgend
6,665

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,889

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

457.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

64.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.7%

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.

New Tredegar & Darren Valley, Caerphilly7,087 residents · 62.9% owned · 27.2% no carRhymney, Pontlottyn & Abertysswg, Caerphilly8,545 residents · 56.6% owned · 28.8% no carPenrhiw-ceibr, Rhondda Cynon Taf5,751 residents · 59.0% owned · 31.0% no carAberbargoed & Gilfach, Caerphilly5,823 residents · 60.3% owned · 26.3% no carPorth West, Rhondda Cynon Taf5,450 residents · 61.2% owned · 29.2% no carYstrad & Llwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf9,192 residents · 64.6% owned · 26.8% no car

Most similar within Bridgend

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Nant-y-moel, Ogmore Vale & Blackmill, Bridgend7,981 residents · 67.5% owned · 21.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Caerau

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

Tenure

Owned64.5%
1,862 households
Private rented21.8%
631 households
Social rented13.4%
386 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced61.8%
1,785 households
Semi-detached25.4%
733 households
Detached6.4%
186 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.8%
140 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
13 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,293 households
No cars or vans in household28.5%
822 households
2 cars or vans in household20.4%
589 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.4%
184 households
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms65.8%
1,899 households
2 bedrooms19.8%
573 households
4 or more bedrooms10%
288 households
1 bedroom4.4%
128 households
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
1,841 households
One-person household31.8%
918 households
Other household types4.4%
128 households
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.5%
939 households
1 person in household31.8%
916 households
3 people in household18.2%
525 households
4 people in household11.2%
322 households
5 people in household4.6%
134 households
6 people in household1.2%
36 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
7 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.4%
1,290 residents
15–2918.5%
1,230 residents
30–4417.6%
1,174 residents
45–6426.1%
1,738 residents
65 and over18.5%
1,233 residents
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White98.4%
6,558 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.7%
44 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.5%
32 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
17 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
13 residents
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications35.3%
1,867 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.7%
934 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.1%
851 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.1%
744 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.4%
496 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
92 residents aged 16 and over
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49.9%
2,636 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.8%
2,580 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
71 residents aged 16 and over
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.9%
1,104 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations19.2%
1,012 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.2%
801 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.9%
627 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations8.4%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
364 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
292 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.6%
190 residents aged 16 and over
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.8%
2,788 residents
Good health29.1%
1,942 residents
Fair health17.7%
1,179 residents
Bad health8.4%
559 residents
Very bad health3%
197 residents
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act72.5%
4,830 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act27.5%
1,836 residents
Caerau · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
959 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension32.3%
933 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.3%
703 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.8%
284 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Caerau · 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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