Swindon postcode area Census 2021

88.8% people are white, 6.3% people are asian, 2.2% people are mixed.
48.6% are Christian, 41.0% have no religion, 5.9% provided no answer.
39.9% households have 1 car, 32.7% households have 2 cars, 15.2% households have no car.

Swindon population ethnic group

Ethnicity Share: Swindon postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Ethnicity	Swindon postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	6.3%	9.3%
Black	1.7%	4.0%
Mixed	2.2%	2.9%
Other	1.0%	2.1%
White	88.8%	81.7%

Swindon population health

Health Quality Share: Swindon postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Health	Swindon postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	49.2%	48.4%
good	34.5%	33.6%
average	12.1%	12.7%
poor	3.3%	4.0%
very poor	0.9%	1.2%

Swindon population religion

Religion Share: Swindon postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Religion	Swindon postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.5%	0.5%
Christian	48.6%	46.2%
Hindu	1.4%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	1.5%	6.5%
No answer	5.9%	6.0%
No religion	41.0%	37.2%
Other	0.3%	0.9%
Sikh	0.6%	0.6%

Swindon population economic activity

Economic Activity Share: Swindon postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Economic activity	Swindon postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	50.7%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.1%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.2%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.2%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	5.7%	7.3%
Retired	22.5%	21.6%
Student, no work	4.0%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.3%	2.8%

Swindon car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.43 cars per household in Swindon postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of Cars in a Household Share: Swindon postcode area Compared to England & Wales (2021 Census)
Number of cars in a household	Swindon postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	15.2%	23.3%
1 car	39.9%	41.3%
2 cars	32.7%	26.2%
3+ cars	12.2%	9.2%

Swindon household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).