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Census 2021 neighbourhood · W02000428

Dunvant & Killay

Dunvant & Killay is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,502 residents in Swansea. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Swansea
10,502

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,425

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

964.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

11.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

37.5%

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.

Pensby & Thingwall, Wirral7,334 residents · 84.8% owned · 12.0% no carRainhill South, St. Helens5,576 residents · 88.0% owned · 12.5% no carCadoxton & Bryn-coch, Neath Port Talbot6,602 residents · 82.3% owned · 12.2% no carLittle Neston, Cheshire West and Chester6,636 residents · 81.8% owned · 11.4% no carOrmskirk North & West, West Lancashire8,815 residents · 80.5% owned · 13.8% no carEccleston Park, St. Helens6,574 residents · 81.4% owned · 14.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dunvant & Killay

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

Tenure

Owned83.2%
3,681 households
Private rented10.4%
462 households
Social rented6%
265 households
Shared ownership0.3%
14 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached50.9%
2,252 households
Detached36%
1,592 households
Terraced9.2%
409 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement3%
133 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.9%
1,856 households
2 cars or vans in household34%
1,505 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.8%
568 households
No cars or vans in household11.2%
496 households
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.5%
2,631 households
4 or more bedrooms23.8%
1,054 households
2 bedrooms14.5%
643 households
1 bedroom2.2%
97 households
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.6%
2,992 households
One-person household29.4%
1,303 households
Other household types3%
131 households
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37.4%
1,654 households
1 person in household29.4%
1,303 households
3 people in household16%
709 households
4 people in household13.4%
591 households
5 people in household3%
131 households
6 people in household0.6%
28 households
7 people in household0.1%
6 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.9%
1,462 residents
15–2918.3%
1,925 residents
30–4415.5%
1,624 residents
45–6426.5%
2,784 residents
65 and over25.8%
2,707 residents
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.3%
9,804 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.2%
334 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
158 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
138 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.7%
70 residents
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above37.5%
3,356 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications20.8%
1,862 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
1,231 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications11.9%
1,066 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7%
629 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.3%
566 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
228 residents aged 16 and over
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51%
4,554 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.2%
4,131 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.8%
252 residents aged 16 and over
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.2%
2,161 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.9%
1,246 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
1,208 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.5%
1,029 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10%
898 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
773 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.7%
688 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.2%
469 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.2%
465 residents aged 16 and over
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.8%
5,335 residents
Good health31.4%
3,301 residents
Fair health12.8%
1,345 residents
Bad health3.9%
413 residents
Very bad health1%
109 residents
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.4%
8,445 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.6%
2,057 residents
Dunvant & Killay · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension53.6%
2,371 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,477 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions11.3%
500 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.7%
76 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
1 households
Dunvant & Killay · 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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