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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000386

Whitchurch

Whitchurch is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,587 residents in Cardiff. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cardiff
7,587

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,253

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,351.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

81.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.1%

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.

Gateacre, Liverpool6,326 residents · 84.7% owned · 14.6% no carStockton Heath & Hillcliffe, Warrington9,149 residents · 76.6% owned · 13.1% no carMarple & Rose Hill, Stockport7,269 residents · 78.3% owned · 17.5% no carAigburth & Grassendale, Liverpool9,037 residents · 72.3% owned · 20.3% no carMannamead & Hartley, Plymouth7,865 residents · 80.6% owned · 13.4% no carMacclesfield Bollinbrook, Cheshire East7,325 residents · 78.1% owned · 14.1% no car

Most similar within Cardiff

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Rhiwbina Village, Cardiff7,489 residents · 80.5% owned · 13.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Whitchurch

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

Tenure

Owned81.9%
2,665 households
Private rented11.3%
366 households
Social rented6.5%
212 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached54.3%
1,766 households
Terraced14.5%
472 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.4%
467 households
Detached14%
456 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
61 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
24 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,375 households
2 cars or vans in household31.9%
1,040 households
No cars or vans in household16.5%
536 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.4%
305 households
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.8%
1,393 households
4 or more bedrooms29.1%
947 households
2 bedrooms22.5%
732 households
1 bedroom5.6%
181 households
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.7%
2,169 households
One-person household29.9%
972 households
Other household types3.4%
112 households
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
1,141 households
1 person in household29.9%
972 households
4 people in household16%
521 households
3 people in household14.6%
476 households
5 people in household3.3%
106 households
6 people in household0.8%
25 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.8%
1,276 residents
15–2912.1%
915 residents
30–4416.7%
1,267 residents
45–6428.9%
2,196 residents
65 and over25.5%
1,932 residents
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.5%
7,250 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.9%
143 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
128 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
43 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
24 residents
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.1%
3,054 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.5%
839 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.8%
794 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.5%
716 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.1%
379 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
316 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
125 residents aged 16 and over
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56%
3,483 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.6%
2,652 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.4%
89 residents aged 16 and over
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations27.4%
1,703 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.9%
1,361 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14%
870 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.3%
515 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
507 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.1%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.5%
340 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
294 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
252 residents aged 16 and over
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.9%
4,014 residents
Good health28.9%
2,193 residents
Fair health12.7%
964 residents
Bad health4.2%
318 residents
Very bad health1.3%
96 residents
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.5%
6,181 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.5%
1,406 residents
Whitchurch · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55.2%
1,795 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.7%
1,030 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.9%
356 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.2%
71 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Whitchurch · 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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