Bath and North East Somerset UA   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 169040      Males 82143      Females 86897      Aged 0 to 15 30815      Aged 16 to 74 123167      Aged 75 and over 15058       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Percentage change since 1991 3.6%   2.5%   188 37 Density           Number of people per hectare 4.9   3.4   191 13 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Single people (never married) 31.6%   30.1%   67 5 Married or re-married people 50.6%   50.9%   285 39 Separated or divorced 9.5%   10.6%   305 43 Widowed 8.2%   8.4%   234 36   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Households without car/van 22.0%   26.8%   183 12 Household with 1 car or van 44.9%   43.8%   148 31 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 33.0%   29.4%   187 28   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 One person households 30.5%   30.0%   100 13 Married couple households 36.3%   36.5%   269 32 Cohabiting couple households 7.9%   8.3%   237 24 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 5.1%   6.5%   236 23      with non-dependent children only 2.6%   3.1%   288 28 All other households 17.7%   15.6%   57 18 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 White 97.2%   91.3%   223 40    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Chinese (0.5%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Born in UK 93.5%   91.1%   252 38 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 2.3%   2.3%   106 10 Born outside EU 4.2%   6.6%   129 6   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Christian 71.0%   71.7%   285 40 Buddhist 0.3%   0.3%   61 5 Hindu 0.2%   1.1%   217 9 Jewish 0.1%   0.5%   157 12 Muslim 0.4%   3.0%   200 8 Sikh 0.1%   0.6%   205 9 Other 0.4%   0.3%   71 22 No religion 19.5%   14.8%   34 4 Religion not stated 8.0%   7.7%   93 16 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Limiting long-term illness 15.8%   18.2%   257 36 General health 'not good' 7.4%   9.2%   267 35 People providing unpaid care 9.6%   10.0%   257 33 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 1.5%   2.1%   301 40 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Employed 62.0%   60.6%   197 23 Unemployed 2.0%   3.4%   317 36 Long-term unemployed 0.4%   1.0%   333 40 Student (economically active) 3.5%   2.6%   37 5 Retired 14.4%   13.6%   178 35 Student (economically inactive) 7.3%   4.7%   33 3 Looking after home/family 5.4%   6.5%   342 41 Permanently sick or disabled 3.3%   5.5%   292 36 Other inactive 2.1%   3.1%   305 36   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Travel to work by car 59.9%   61.5%   303 39 Travel to work by public transport 10.2%   14.5%   133 4   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Qualifications at degree level or higher 25.9%   19.8%   49 2 No qualifications 22.5%   29.1%   315 41 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Number of households with residents 71115   -   92 7 Number of people per hectare 4.9   3.4   191 13 Average household size 2.31   2.36   273 22 Vacant household spaces 2.4%   3.2%   288 37 Owner-occupied 71.8%   68.9%   220 32 Without central heating 5.7%   8.5%   212 37 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.4%   0.5%   105 15 Overcrowding indicator 5.4%   7.0 %   128 13

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