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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000396

Roath

Roath is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,516 residents in Cardiff. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cardiff
7,516

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,922

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,626.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

49.5%

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.

Southsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no carClarendon Park & Stoneygate South, Leicester11,333 residents · 45.6% owned · 31.7% no carHeavitree West & Polsloe, Exeter8,295 residents · 52.6% owned · 27.6% no carWokingham Road, Reading8,973 residents · 42.6% owned · 30.6% no carElm Grove & Bear Road, Brighton and Hove8,705 residents · 56.9% owned · 34.5% no carHanover, Brighton and Hove8,956 residents · 47.9% owned · 44.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Roath

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

Tenure

Private rented48.1%
1,405 households
Owned46.6%
1,363 households
Social rented4.8%
139 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced63.9%
1,867 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits17.2%
503 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.6%
309 households
Semi-detached4.2%
124 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.9%
55 households
Detached1.8%
53 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,257 households
No cars or vans in household31.2%
912 households
2 cars or vans in household18.1%
529 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.6%
223 households
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms28.6%
836 households
4 or more bedrooms27.8%
813 households
2 bedrooms27%
790 households
1 bedroom16.6%
484 households
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household44.2%
1,291 households
One-person household31.5%
921 households
Other household types24.3%
710 households
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.5%
921 households
2 people in household30.5%
891 households
3 people in household14.1%
413 households
4 people in household11.5%
336 households
5 people in household7%
204 households
6 people in household3.2%
93 households
7 people in household1.4%
40 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
23 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511%
826 residents
15–2942.9%
3,226 residents
30–4423.4%
1,758 residents
45–6415.3%
1,147 residents
65 and over7.4%
560 residents
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.9%
5,405 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.3%
1,373 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
304 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
266 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%
168 residents
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above49.5%
3,278 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.6%
1,691 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10.4%
685 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications7%
464 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications3.8%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.9%
127 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
121 residents aged 16 and over
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.8%
3,622 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.7%
2,360 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.6%
633 residents aged 16 and over
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students28%
1,854 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.5%
1,221 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.7%
975 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.6%
501 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.7%
440 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.5%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.2%
214 residents aged 16 and over
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.8%
3,969 residents
Good health33.4%
2,513 residents
Fair health9.9%
744 residents
Bad health3%
227 residents
Very bad health0.8%
63 residents
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84%
6,317 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16%
1,199 residents
Roath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54%
1,577 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
906 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.2%
356 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.7%
78 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Roath · 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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