The Census has been held every ten years since 1801 in an attempt to collect a complete dataset of people and households that can provide a detailed picture of the population. The latest Census was held on 27th March 2011 where everyone in England and Wales answered the same questions to allow for comparability between geographical areas and over time. This profile shows the results from the 24,119 people living in St. Michaels Ward at the time of the Census.

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Corporate Research

ST. MICHAELS WARD

St. Michaels Ward is the highest ranking of all of the Wards for the proportion of residents that are students (44.9%). This is much higher than the City wide figure of 11.5%. St. Michaels is also the highest ranking Ward for privately rented homes (45.9% compared to the city wide figure of 20.6%), occupants residing in the area for less than 2 years (14.8% compared to the city wide figure of 3.9%) and the lowest ranking Ward for proportion of households with at least 1 car/van (33.6% compared to the City overall - 42.1%).

St. Michaels Ward is ethnically diverse with over half of the population stating they are White (51.0%) and being the highest ranking Ward for the proportion of people stating they are in the Black ethnic group (14.0% compared to the city wide figure of 5.6%). Also, 27.0% are in the Asian ethnic group, 3.7% are in the Mixed ethnic group and 4.3% are in the Other ethnic group all higher than the city overall.

Corporate Research ST. MICHAELS WARD

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Demography

Marital & Civil Partnership status Married 21.7% 41.8%

Deprived households* % of households not deprived 31.0% 38.4%

Ethnicity, Identity, Religion & Language

White 51.0% 73.8%

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups 3.7% 2.6%

Asian/Asian British 27.0% 16.3%

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British 14.0% 5.6%

Other ethnic group 4.3% 1.7%

UK 57.2% 78.8%

EU Accession countries** 7.1% 3.3%

Other countries 32.2% 14.7%

Passports Held UK passports 57.2% 70.4%

All people have English as main language 62.5% 84.6%

No people have English as main language 25.6% 8.7%

Christian 39.5% 53.7%

Hindu 5.5% 3.5%

Muslim 21.5% 7.5%

Sikh 2.4% 5.0%

No religion 23.4% 23.0%

Length of Residence in the UK Less than 2 years 14.8% 3.9%

Health

Day to day activities limited a lot 6.0% 8.7%

Provide 20+ hours of unpaid care per week 2.6% 4.0%

Housing & Accommodation

Owned outright 11.9% 29.3%

Social rented 27.1% 17.0%

Private rented 45.9% 20.6%

Car or Van availability 1 car or van in household 33.6% 42.1%

Qualifications

No qualifications 17.6% 23.9%

Highest qualification: Level 4 and above 21.4% 23.0%

Full-time students: Age 18 & over 44.9% 11.5%

Employment1. Higher managerial, administrative & professional occupations 3.4% 7.5%

2. Lower managerial, administrative & professional occupations 6.9% 16.1%

3. Intermediate occupations 5.2% 12.2%

4. Small employers & own account workers 3.5% 6.4%

5. Lower supervisory & technical occupations 3.8% 6.9%

6. Semi-routine occupations 8.9% 14.7%

7. Routine occupations 10.2% 13.2%

8. Never worked and long-term unemployed 10.1% 7.4%

Rank

National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) based on occupation

*The Census supplies data on deprived households which it measures in 4 ways - lack of employment, low educational attainment, paucity of health and inadequacy of housing. The rank here is from 1 (highest % of non deprived households) to 18 (lowest % of non deprived households). **EU Accession Countries are those that became members of the EU between April 2001 and March 2011 as part of the EU enlargement process.

Country of Birth

Household Language

Religion

Health & provision of unpaid care

Tenure

Qualifications & Students

Ethnic Group

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