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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000364

Pillgwenlly & Docks

Pillgwenlly & Docks is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,290 residents in Newport. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Newport
9,290

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,419

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,681.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

36.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.8%

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.

Grangetown South, Cardiff6,874 residents · 53.2% owned · 33.1% no carWalsall West, Walsall7,981 residents · 39.5% owned · 37.0% no carHurstead & Smallbridge, Rochdale8,403 residents · 42.4% owned · 35.6% no carOldbury & Rood End, Sandwell8,258 residents · 48.3% owned · 34.6% no carBillesley Common, Birmingham8,384 residents · 51.7% owned · 31.7% no carStechford, Birmingham8,913 residents · 51.1% owned · 34.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pillgwenlly & Docks

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

Tenure

Owned40.8%
1,396 households
Social rented29.9%
1,022 households
Private rented27.9%
955 households
Shared ownership0.8%
29 households
Lives rent free0.5%
17 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced36.7%
1,257 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement29.9%
1,022 households
Semi-detached15.6%
533 households
Detached12.8%
438 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
101 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.5%
50 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
20 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.5%
1,418 households
No cars or vans in household36%
1,232 households
2 cars or vans in household18.8%
644 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.7%
126 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.5%
1,383 households
2 bedrooms21.1%
720 households
1 bedroom20.6%
703 households
4 or more bedrooms17.9%
613 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.9%
1,910 households
One-person household35.2%
1,202 households
Other household types9%
307 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.2%
1,202 households
2 people in household24.8%
849 households
3 people in household15.9%
544 households
4 people in household10.9%
374 households
5 people in household6.1%
209 households
6 people in household2.9%
99 households
7 people in household2.3%
77 households
8 or more people in household1.9%
65 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.1%
2,149 residents
15–2922.3%
2,075 residents
30–4425.2%
2,342 residents
45–6419.3%
1,798 residents
65 and over10%
930 residents
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White53.5%
4,973 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh27.1%
2,516 residents
Other ethnic group8.1%
752 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.7%
625 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.6%
430 residents
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.8%
2,160 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above26.8%
1,881 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.6%
950 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.2%
852 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
639 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
267 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
259 residents aged 16 and over
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.9%
3,776 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.7%
2,995 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.4%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.8%
1,315 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.6%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
1,051 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.3%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10.5%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.7%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.1%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.5%
453 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.6%
390 residents aged 16 and over
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.5%
4,502 residents
Good health30.1%
2,797 residents
Fair health13.2%
1,222 residents
Bad health6.3%
588 residents
Very bad health2%
182 residents
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.5%
7,573 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.5%
1,717 residents
Pillgwenlly & Docks · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.3%
1,276 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,144 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.2%
655 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.4%
321 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
22 households
Pillgwenlly & Docks · 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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