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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000399

Plasnewydd

Plasnewydd is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,761 residents in Cardiff. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cardiff
10,761

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,800

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,677.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

26.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

48.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.6%

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 Denys, Southampton7,923 residents · 33.8% owned · 33.8% no carPreston Town Centre, Preston10,382 residents · 26.3% owned · 53.3% no carBevois Town, Southampton6,759 residents · 24.8% owned · 38.0% no carMutley, Plymouth8,492 residents · 33.2% owned · 35.9% no carKingsmead, Bath and North East Somerset6,032 residents · 40.2% owned · 40.2% no carCity Centre & The Polygon, Southampton8,966 residents · 23.1% owned · 46.4% no car

Most similar within Cardiff

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Adamsdown, Cardiff11,609 residents · 30.1% owned · 48.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Plasnewydd

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

Tenure

Private rented57%
2,736 households
Owned26.5%
1,274 households
Social rented15.9%
764 households
Shared ownership0.3%
16 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30.8%
1,477 households
Terraced30.2%
1,449 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits28.3%
1,356 households
Semi-detached5.9%
283 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.1%
103 households
Detached1.6%
75 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
52 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household48.3%
2,321 households
1 car or van in household36.6%
1,757 households
2 cars or vans in household11.9%
573 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.1%
150 households
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom38.9%
1,866 households
2 bedrooms28%
1,344 households
3 bedrooms19%
913 households
4 or more bedrooms14.1%
677 households
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household43%
2,064 households
Single family household38%
1,824 households
Other household types19%
913 households
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43%
2,064 households
2 people in household32.7%
1,570 households
3 people in household11.5%
551 households
4 people in household6.9%
331 households
5 people in household3%
144 households
6 people in household1.9%
90 households
7 people in household0.5%
26 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
24 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 158.1%
871 residents
15–2949.2%
5,294 residents
30–4421%
2,256 residents
45–6414.3%
1,543 residents
65 and over7.4%
798 residents
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.6%
7,710 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13.1%
1,411 residents
Other ethnic group6.6%
707 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
470 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
464 residents
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.6%
4,493 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.3%
2,491 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications12.6%
1,245 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.9%
676 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.5%
442 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
296 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2%
201 residents aged 16 and over
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)46.7%
4,598 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
4,269 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.9%
978 residents aged 16 and over
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students33.2%
3,272 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.7%
1,447 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.7%
1,054 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9%
885 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8.4%
830 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
764 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.4%
732 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.4%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.4%
332 residents aged 16 and over
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
5,099 residents
Good health34.8%
3,745 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,275 residents
Bad health4.5%
489 residents
Very bad health1.4%
152 residents
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.3%
8,535 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.7%
2,226 residents
Plasnewydd · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.6%
2,139 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
1,661 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.9%
714 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.4%
260 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
26 households
Plasnewydd · 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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