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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000395

Pen-y-lan South

Pen-y-lan South is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,673 residents in Cardiff. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cardiff
6,673

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,916

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,108.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

24.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

57.0%

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.

St Leonard's, Exeter6,349 residents · 56.4% owned · 25.3% no carKings Heath, Birmingham7,703 residents · 67.2% owned · 25.8% no carNether Edge, Sheffield9,869 residents · 62.7% owned · 24.5% no carHeaton Chapel & Shaw Road, Stockport6,557 residents · 69.1% owned · 21.3% no carSutton Coldfield South & Central, Birmingham8,473 residents · 72.7% owned · 18.7% no carGledhow, Leeds6,069 residents · 67.2% owned · 22.5% no car

Most similar within Cardiff

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Victoria Park, Cardiff5,937 residents · 71.8% owned · 22.2% no carCanton, Cardiff10,201 residents · 61.3% owned · 27.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Pen-y-lan South

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

Tenure

Owned62.2%
1,813 households
Private rented27.3%
797 households
Social rented10.1%
294 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.4%
1,237 households
Semi-detached19.5%
569 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits16.9%
492 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.8%
373 households
Detached6.4%
187 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
39 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,222 households
2 cars or vans in household28.1%
819 households
No cars or vans in household24.7%
720 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.3%
155 households
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32.6%
952 households
3 bedrooms27.6%
804 households
2 bedrooms22.4%
654 households
1 bedroom17.4%
507 households
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.8%
1,716 households
One-person household34%
992 households
Other household types7.1%
208 households
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household34%
992 households
2 people in household32%
936 households
3 people in household15.6%
456 households
4 people in household12.5%
365 households
5 people in household3.8%
112 households
6 people in household1.2%
35 households
7 people in household0.5%
16 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,237 residents
15–2918.8%
1,256 residents
30–4423.1%
1,540 residents
45–6424.3%
1,619 residents
65 and over15.3%
1,018 residents
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77.6%
5,175 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh12%
801 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.8%
318 residents
Other ethnic group3.3%
221 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.3%
156 residents
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above57%
3,057 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12%
646 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.3%
607 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.1%
491 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications5.3%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.7%
3,364 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.6%
1,855 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.1%
1,401 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations22.8%
1,226 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.3%
448 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
417 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.1%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.8%
311 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health53.5%
3,570 residents
Good health30.3%
2,021 residents
Fair health11.5%
767 residents
Bad health3.7%
246 residents
Very bad health1%
69 residents
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
5,531 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,139 residents
Pen-y-lan South · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54.1%
1,579 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31.4%
916 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.3%
301 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.8%
112 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Pen-y-lan South · 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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