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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000238

Cowbridge

Cowbridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,556 residents in Vale of Glamorgan. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Vale of Glamorgan
6,556

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,888

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

152.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

82.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

52.0%

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.

Winsley, Westwood & Holt, Wiltshire5,945 residents · 78.5% owned · 9.8% no carPonteland, Northumberland7,021 residents · 81.5% owned · 11.7% no carMayals & Bishopston, Swansea5,788 residents · 87.9% owned · 11.3% no carHooton, Willaston & Ness, Cheshire West and Chester5,626 residents · 85.2% owned · 7.1% no carKeyworth North, Tollerton & Willoughby, Rushcliffe5,938 residents · 90.9% owned · 6.7% no carMinchinhampton & Amberley, Stroud6,675 residents · 78.9% owned · 9.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cowbridge

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

Tenure

Owned82.2%
2,374 households
Private rented11.9%
345 households
Social rented5.5%
160 households
Shared ownership0.3%
9 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached59.9%
1,730 households
Semi-detached21.6%
622 households
Terraced10.7%
310 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.9%
140 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
28 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
24 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household38.9%
1,123 households
1 car or van in household36.2%
1,046 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15%
432 households
No cars or vans in household9.9%
285 households
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms50.6%
1,460 households
3 bedrooms31.3%
904 households
2 bedrooms14%
405 households
1 bedroom4.1%
117 households
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.3%
1,939 households
One-person household29.8%
858 households
Other household types3%
86 households
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.7%
1,117 households
1 person in household29.8%
859 households
3 people in household13.5%
391 households
4 people in household13.1%
379 households
5 people in household4.2%
122 households
6 people in household0.5%
13 households
7 people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
8 or more people in household0%
0 households
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.9%
1,044 residents
15–2910.5%
688 residents
30–4414%
917 residents
45–6426.6%
1,744 residents
65 and over33%
2,160 residents
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.4%
6,388 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
88 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
62 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
10 residents
Other ethnic group0.1%
9 residents
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above52%
2,831 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
689 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.1%
659 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.9%
593 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.6%
307 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
215 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.4%
2,741 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive48.4%
2,634 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.2%
67 residents aged 16 and over
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.1%
1,473 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
1,317 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.8%
697 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
581 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.5%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.3%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
286 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.7%
256 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
186 residents aged 16 and over
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health54.6%
3,577 residents
Good health29.5%
1,933 residents
Fair health11.9%
778 residents
Bad health3.2%
211 residents
Very bad health0.9%
57 residents
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
5,437 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,120 residents
Cowbridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension58.4%
1,684 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.8%
945 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.8%
224 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.1%
31 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Cowbridge · 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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