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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000243

Gibbonsdown

Gibbonsdown is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,352 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
9,352

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,916

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,579.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

25.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.9%

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.

Caerphilly East, Caerphilly9,773 residents · 60.0% owned · 25.7% no carLeigh North, Wigan8,167 residents · 53.5% owned · 28.0% no carPeterlee West, County Durham7,228 residents · 56.7% owned · 31.3% no carNewtonmoor, Tameside7,438 residents · 52.2% owned · 28.9% no carNoctorum North & Upton East, Wirral6,901 residents · 49.8% owned · 27.7% no carWhiston South, Knowsley6,404 residents · 57.3% owned · 30.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Gibbonsdown

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

Tenure

Owned56.1%
2,196 households
Social rented32.9%
1,288 households
Private rented10.9%
426 households
Lives rent free0.2%
6 households
Shared ownership0%
0 households
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51.6%
2,019 households
Terraced25.9%
1,013 households
Detached13%
508 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.9%
349 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 shop0.1%
5 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,639 households
No cars or vans in household25.7%
1,007 households
2 cars or vans in household24.9%
975 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.5%
294 households
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.2%
2,082 households
2 bedrooms24.2%
949 households
4 or more bedrooms14%
547 households
1 bedroom8.6%
337 households
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.3%
2,477 households
One-person household31.5%
1,231 households
Other household types5.3%
206 households
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.4%
1,229 households
2 people in household31%
1,212 households
3 people in household17.3%
677 households
4 people in household13.2%
516 households
5 people in household5.4%
212 households
6 people in household1.1%
42 households
7 people in household0.5%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.6%
2,024 residents
15–2918.2%
1,701 residents
30–4419.9%
1,863 residents
45–6424.3%
2,271 residents
65 and over16%
1,496 residents
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.8%
8,863 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
225 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.1%
194 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
39 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
32 residents
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.9%
1,729 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.3%
1,683 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.8%
1,211 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.8%
1,210 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
424 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.2%
3,914 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.7%
3,156 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
152 residents aged 16 and over
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L12 Semi-routine occupations18.4%
1,329 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.7%
1,134 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.2%
1,025 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
881 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.9%
859 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.6%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
462 residents aged 16 and over
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.1%
3,935 residents
Good health32.3%
3,023 residents
Fair health16.7%
1,558 residents
Bad health6.7%
630 residents
Very bad health2.2%
206 residents
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act74.5%
6,962 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act25.5%
2,388 residents
Gibbonsdown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.5%
1,507 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.2%
1,301 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.7%
809 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.5%
292 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Gibbonsdown · 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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