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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001862

Middlemore

Middlemore is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,877 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
9,877

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,234

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,444.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

44.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.5%

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.

Oldbury & Rood End, Sandwell8,258 residents · 48.3% owned · 34.6% no carPleck, Walsall8,555 residents · 45.7% owned · 33.2% no carBlakenhall, Wolverhampton14,363 residents · 41.8% owned · 38.3% no carHayes Town North, Hillingdon9,554 residents · 40.1% owned · 31.0% no carNorth Evington & Rowlatts Hill, Leicester11,176 residents · 46.4% owned · 33.5% no carSmethwick South, Sandwell10,338 residents · 38.5% owned · 43.3% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Handsworth West, Birmingham8,471 residents · 44.5% owned · 40.4% no carWinson Green & Gib Heath, Birmingham11,386 residents · 30.9% owned · 47.5% no carHay Mills & Tyseley, Birmingham7,725 residents · 48.4% owned · 35.8% no carAcocks Green West, Birmingham9,897 residents · 54.6% owned · 29.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Middlemore

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

Tenure

Owned44%
1,423 households
Social rented28.7%
927 households
Private rented26.2%
846 households
Shared ownership0.6%
21 households
Lives rent free0.5%
17 households
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced42.4%
1,371 households
Semi-detached36.6%
1,184 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
329 households
Detached7.1%
230 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.1%
69 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
29 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household40.5%
1,309 households
1 car or van in household40%
1,293 households
2 cars or vans in household13.8%
445 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
187 households
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.6%
1,669 households
2 bedrooms22.7%
735 households
4 or more bedrooms14.8%
479 households
1 bedroom10.9%
353 households
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household60.5%
1,956 households
One-person household25%
808 households
Other household types14.5%
467 households
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household25%
810 households
2 people in household21.1%
681 households
4 people in household17.6%
568 households
3 people in household16.2%
523 households
5 people in household10.8%
350 households
6 people in household5.5%
179 households
7 people in household2.1%
67 households
8 or more people in household1.7%
56 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.4%
2,213 residents
15–2921.9%
2,162 residents
30–4421%
2,076 residents
45–6423.9%
2,366 residents
65 and over10.8%
1,063 residents
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh55.1%
5,440 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African20.1%
1,984 residents
White12.8%
1,267 residents
Other ethnic group7.9%
776 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
410 residents
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.4%
2,286 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.5%
1,692 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.1%
1,060 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
927 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.8%
889 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
345 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.1%
309 residents aged 16 and over
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.6%
3,879 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.9%
3,369 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.5%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed21.4%
1,604 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations19.2%
1,438 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.5%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.5%
939 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.8%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.1%
609 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
354 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.8%
4,524 residents
Good health34.5%
3,405 residents
Fair health13.6%
1,342 residents
Bad health4.7%
461 residents
Very bad health1.5%
145 residents
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.1%
8,409 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.9%
1,468 residents
Middlemore · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.4%
1,208 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.9%
1,097 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.8%
704 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.6%
212 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Middlemore · 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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