Vehicle barriers in Swindon (Swindon)

Swindon (Swindon) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63004848 in South West. ONS counted 183,680 usual residents and a median age of 38.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Large. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 17.5%, then Human health and social work activities at 11.5%, then Manufacturing at 10.6%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 32.3%, then Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 27.2%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 21.4%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 19.1%. Tenure: Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 35.9%, then Owned: owns outright at 25.7%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 21.8%, then Rented: social rented at 16.7%.

The largest occupation group is Professional occupations at 17.8% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 64.2% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Terraced housing leads the stock.

Street frontages are a poor place for a boom. Private yards behind that housing are the sites worth surveying.

Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS. A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane.

This readout does not invent a business park. Other settlements with their own barrier page in South West include Taunton, Tavistock, Teignmouth.