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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000262

Pentre

Pentre is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,300 residents in Rhondda Cynon Taf. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

5,300

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,366

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

915

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.0%

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.

Port Talbot East, Neath Port Talbot7,192 residents · 68.6% owned · 22.6% no carAber Valley, Caerphilly6,508 residents · 61.9% owned · 24.8% no carMaesteg East, Bridgend7,174 residents · 67.5% owned · 25.1% no carDowlais, Merthyr Tydfil9,358 residents · 59.1% owned · 25.3% no carEbbw Vale South & Cwm, Blaenau Gwent8,131 residents · 61.3% owned · 23.0% no carCrosskeys South & Ynysddu, Caerphilly5,499 residents · 65.5% owned · 19.4% no car

Most similar within Rhondda Cynon Taf

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taf7,648 residents · 72.5% owned · 24.1% no carPorth East & Ynys-hir, Rhondda Cynon Taf8,921 residents · 70.0% owned · 26.2% no carAberaman, Rhondda Cynon Taf10,012 residents · 64.3% owned · 26.6% no carTonypandy West & Clydach Vale, Rhondda Cynon Taf6,337 residents · 67.0% owned · 25.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pentre

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

Tenure

Owned68.9%
1,631 households
Private rented21.4%
506 households
Social rented9.6%
228 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Shared ownership0%
0 households
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced73.3%
1,734 households
Detached8.5%
202 households
Semi-detached8.2%
194 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.8%
184 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
26 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
17 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.2%
1,046 households
2 cars or vans in household23.5%
557 households
No cars or vans in household23.3%
552 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9%
212 households
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.3%
1,358 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
499 households
4 or more bedrooms13.8%
327 households
1 bedroom7.8%
185 households
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.6%
1,481 households
One-person household34.6%
819 households
Other household types2.8%
67 households
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34.6%
819 households
2 people in household31.7%
751 households
3 people in household16.8%
398 households
4 people in household10.6%
250 households
5 people in household5.7%
134 households
6 people in household0.4%
10 households
7 people in household0.3%
6 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.9%
950 residents
15–2917.7%
937 residents
30–4417%
903 residents
45–6427.4%
1,451 residents
65 and over20%
1,057 residents
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.9%
5,136 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.8%
98 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.9%
49 residents
Other ethnic group0.2%
13 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
5 residents
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26%
1,113 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24%
1,026 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.2%
736 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
676 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.7%
417 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
98 residents aged 16 and over
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.2%
2,319 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.4%
1,898 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
60 residents aged 16 and over
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.9%
768 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.3%
699 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.9%
682 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.3%
569 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.5%
364 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7%
300 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.9%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.1%
2,442 residents
Good health30.8%
1,630 residents
Fair health14.4%
763 residents
Bad health6.6%
349 residents
Very bad health2.2%
116 residents
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.1%
4,088 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.9%
1,214 residents
Pentre · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.2%
975 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
813 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
435 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6%
142 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Pentre · 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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