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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000408

South Riverside

South Riverside is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,459 residents in Cardiff. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cardiff
7,459

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,017

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

10,666.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

47.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.7%

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.

Naul's Mill & Bishopsgate Green, Coventry10,015 residents · 28.7% owned · 45.7% no carWest Park, Wolverhampton7,893 residents · 37.1% owned · 40.2% no carGravelly Hill & South Erdington, Birmingham13,854 residents · 39.3% owned · 41.1% no carPaddock & Greenhead, Kirklees6,826 residents · 48.7% owned · 37.4% no carSneinton, Nottingham10,080 residents · 31.8% owned · 48.4% no carOld Trafford, Trafford11,723 residents · 31.6% owned · 42.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in South Riverside

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

Tenure

Private rented40.6%
1,225 households
Owned35.3%
1,066 households
Social rented23.3%
702 households
Lives rent free0.5%
14 households
Shared ownership0.3%
10 households
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39.6%
1,196 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement30%
906 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits16.2%
490 households
Semi-detached7.5%
226 households
Detached3.8%
115 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.6%
49 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
33 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household47.6%
1,436 households
1 car or van in household39.1%
1,180 households
2 cars or vans in household10.5%
316 households
3 or more cars or vans in household2.8%
85 households
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

1 bedroom29.1%
879 households
3 bedrooms28.1%
848 households
2 bedrooms28%
846 households
4 or more bedrooms14.7%
444 households
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.4%
1,461 households
One-person household40.4%
1,219 households
Other household types11.2%
338 households
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.4%
1,218 households
2 people in household24.9%
750 households
3 people in household12.1%
365 households
4 people in household9.6%
289 households
5 people in household6.3%
191 households
6 people in household3.2%
96 households
8 or more people in household2%
59 households
7 people in household1.6%
49 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.9%
1,485 residents
15–2925.9%
1,929 residents
30–4426.2%
1,955 residents
45–6419.8%
1,474 residents
65 and over8.3%
616 residents
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White44.6%
3,327 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh36.9%
2,756 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.2%
613 residents
Other ethnic group5.9%
440 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.4%
325 residents
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.7%
1,978 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications27%
1,583 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.8%
751 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.2%
656 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.1%
474 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
242 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
188 residents aged 16 and over
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.6%
3,205 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.1%
2,416 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.3%
252 residents aged 16 and over
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.4%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.6%
800 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.3%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students13.1%
767 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.5%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9%
526 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
497 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.4%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
310 residents aged 16 and over
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.9%
3,496 residents
Good health32.6%
2,431 residents
Fair health13.2%
987 residents
Bad health5.6%
416 residents
Very bad health1.8%
131 residents
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82%
6,123 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18%
1,340 residents
South Riverside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.9%
1,172 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,019 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.3%
581 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
218 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
25 households
South Riverside · 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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