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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001856

Brookvale

Brookvale is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,638 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
9,638

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,611

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,997.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.9%

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.

Barton, Gloucester8,614 residents · 45.6% owned · 35.8% no carNorth Tividale, Sandwell10,330 residents · 56.9% owned · 25.8% no carDixons Green, Dudley8,312 residents · 49.1% owned · 28.2% no carWhitmore Reans & Dunstall Hill, Wolverhampton7,124 residents · 44.8% owned · 30.6% no carCrumpsall North & Heaton Park, Manchester9,446 residents · 51.5% owned · 30.0% no carEttingshall, Wolverhampton11,505 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.8% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Acocks Green West, Birmingham9,897 residents · 54.6% owned · 29.7% no carHay Mills & Tyseley, Birmingham7,725 residents · 48.4% owned · 35.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brookvale

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

Tenure

Owned51.1%
1,845 households
Private rented37%
1,335 households
Social rented10.9%
395 households
Shared ownership0.6%
22 households
Lives rent free0.4%
14 households
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced40.1%
1,449 households
Semi-detached27.9%
1,008 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.9%
683 households
Detached7.3%
263 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.9%
142 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
42 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.1%
1,592 households
No cars or vans in household33.3%
1,203 households
2 cars or vans in household17.8%
643 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.8%
172 households
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.6%
1,609 households
2 bedrooms32.6%
1,178 households
4 or more bedrooms13.6%
490 households
1 bedroom9.2%
333 households
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.1%
2,023 households
One-person household30.9%
1,115 households
Other household types13%
469 households
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.9%
1,115 households
2 people in household26%
938 households
3 people in household15.8%
572 households
4 people in household12.9%
464 households
5 people in household8%
287 households
6 people in household3.4%
123 households
7 people in household1.7%
63 households
8 or more people in household1.3%
48 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.5%
2,170 residents
15–2921.5%
2,069 residents
30–4424.5%
2,359 residents
45–6422.3%
2,146 residents
65 and over9.2%
890 residents
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White40.2%
3,871 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh31.8%
3,067 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African17.8%
1,711 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
582 residents
Other ethnic group4.2%
407 residents
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.4%
1,937 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25.9%
1,901 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
1,183 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.4%
913 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
836 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.5%
334 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
241 residents aged 16 and over
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
4,161 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.3%
2,961 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
223 residents aged 16 and over
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.6%
1,293 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
1,252 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.6%
1,001 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.2%
899 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students10%
735 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.9%
727 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
669 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.6%
413 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
356 residents aged 16 and over
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.4%
4,571 residents
Good health34.2%
3,296 residents
Fair health13.2%
1,268 residents
Bad health4%
387 residents
Very bad health1.2%
116 residents
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%
8,175 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%
1,463 residents
Brookvale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension41.5%
1,497 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.4%
1,241 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.5%
669 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.1%
185 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
17 households
Brookvale · 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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