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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000398

Cathays South & Bute Park

Cathays South & Bute Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,253 residents in Cardiff. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cardiff
12,253

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,257

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,162.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

15.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

49.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

31.0%

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.

Hyde Park Corner & Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds13,634 residents · 19.2% owned · 43.4% no carArboretum, Forest & Trent University, Nottingham11,302 residents · 13.6% owned · 53.0% no carLenton & Dunkirk, Nottingham10,990 residents · 18.3% owned · 41.8% no carFallowfield Central, Manchester11,275 residents · 25.8% owned · 40.3% no carSt James's Park & Hoopern, Exeter9,733 residents · 30.9% owned · 35.8% no carDurham City, County Durham12,666 residents · 28.3% owned · 44.0% no car

Most similar within Cardiff

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cathays North, Cardiff9,568 residents · 27.9% owned · 32.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Cathays South & Bute Park

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

Tenure

Private rented76.1%
2,480 households
Owned15.4%
500 households
Social rented8.1%
263 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement42.9%
1,397 households
Terraced30.9%
1,007 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits12.7%
415 households
Semi-detached4.9%
159 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.5%
114 households
Detached2.6%
85 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2.5%
81 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household49.1%
1,600 households
1 car or van in household29.7%
968 households
2 cars or vans in household12.7%
413 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.4%
275 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32.4%
1,056 households
2 bedrooms28.7%
936 households
1 bedroom28%
912 households
3 bedrooms10.8%
353 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Other household types39.7%
1,294 households
One-person household35.7%
1,162 households
Single family household24.6%
802 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household35.7%
1,162 households
2 people in household24.8%
808 households
3 people in household10%
327 households
4 people in household9.1%
298 households
5 people in household6.7%
219 households
6 people in household6.6%
216 households
8 or more people in household3.6%
116 households
7 people in household3.4%
111 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 153%
367 residents
15–2981.4%
9,972 residents
30–448.6%
1,052 residents
45–644.4%
537 residents
65 and over2.7%
327 residents
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.8%
8,917 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh14.4%
1,762 residents
Other ethnic group6.2%
755 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
471 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.8%
348 residents
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 3 qualifications57.5%
6,827 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above31%
3,675 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications3.9%
466 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications3.3%
391 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.2%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications1.1%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive66.4%
7,876 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)16.8%
1,998 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student16.8%
1,994 residents aged 16 and over
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students77.1%
9,146 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.3%
624 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5%
592 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed2.9%
344 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations2.5%
302 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations2.4%
281 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations2.3%
278 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers1.6%
192 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations0.9%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.2%
7,125 residents
Good health32.9%
4,025 residents
Fair health7.3%
898 residents
Bad health1.3%
164 residents
Very bad health0.3%
40 residents
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.1%
10,674 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.9%
1,579 residents
Cathays South & Bute Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.5%
1,679 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,127 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.7%
380 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
65 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Cathays South & Bute Park · 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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