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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000242

Dinas Powys

Dinas Powys is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,216 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
8,216

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,603

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

418.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.9%

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.

Caerleon, Newport7,971 residents · 77.7% owned · 14.0% no carUpper Stannington & Loxley, Sheffield7,618 residents · 82.5% owned · 15.2% no carMarple & Hawk Green, Stockport5,973 residents · 80.2% owned · 15.5% no carPill & Easton, North Somerset6,386 residents · 74.9% owned · 11.1% no carMeltham, Kirklees9,105 residents · 74.6% owned · 15.5% no carRomiley & Compstall, Stockport7,831 residents · 76.5% owned · 17.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dinas Powys

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

Tenure

Owned80%
2,881 households
Social rented11.2%
404 households
Private rented8.4%
302 households
Lives rent free0.2%
9 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.2%
1,375 households
Detached28.3%
1,021 households
Terraced23.7%
854 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.7%
277 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.3%
46 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,549 households
2 cars or vans in household33.3%
1,201 households
No cars or vans in household12.8%
463 households
3 or more cars or vans in household10.8%
391 households
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46%
1,658 households
4 or more bedrooms31.7%
1,141 households
2 bedrooms18.4%
662 households
1 bedroom4%
143 households
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.8%
2,442 households
One-person household28.6%
1,032 households
Other household types3.6%
129 households
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.5%
1,388 households
1 person in household28.7%
1,032 households
3 people in household16%
576 households
4 people in household12.2%
438 households
5 people in household3.8%
138 households
6 people in household0.5%
18 households
7 people in household0.2%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.3%
1,340 residents
15–2913%
1,071 residents
30–4416.9%
1,392 residents
45–6426.5%
2,173 residents
65 and over27.2%
2,237 residents
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.3%
7,830 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
169 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.8%
148 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
37 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
34 residents
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.9%
2,848 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
1,009 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.1%
954 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.7%
932 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.2%
491 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
392 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56%
3,802 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.1%
2,923 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student0.9%
62 residents aged 16 and over
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.6%
1,804 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.1%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.7%
995 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.7%
724 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.4%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.2%
421 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
302 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students3.9%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.1%
4,116 residents
Good health32.3%
2,653 residents
Fair health13%
1,070 residents
Bad health3.6%
297 residents
Very bad health1%
80 residents
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.5%
6,699 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.5%
1,517 residents
Dinas Powys · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.4%
1,923 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.5%
1,172 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.9%
430 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
78 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Dinas Powys · 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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