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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001870

Ward End & Bromford West

Ward End & Bromford West is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,993 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
12,993

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,593

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

7,390.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

60.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.1%

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.

Thornbury, Bradford9,674 residents · 59.0% owned · 28.9% no carPalfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no carLittle Harwood, Blackburn with Darwen9,637 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.5% no carBastwell, Blackburn with Darwen8,020 residents · 66.2% owned · 23.4% no carCanterbury, Bradford9,776 residents · 49.3% owned · 38.4% no carChellow Heights, Bradford9,588 residents · 56.9% owned · 24.8% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Belchers Lane & Eastfield Road, Birmingham10,495 residents · 51.8% owned · 31.5% no carSparkhill South, Birmingham7,599 residents · 53.7% owned · 35.2% no carBirchfield East, Birmingham10,398 residents · 51.1% owned · 35.7% no carGreet & Mid Sparkhill, Birmingham8,307 residents · 55.8% owned · 31.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ward End & Bromford West

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

Tenure

Owned60.8%
2,186 households
Private rented25.5%
918 households
Social rented13%
466 households
Shared ownership0.5%
19 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced43.2%
1,555 households
Semi-detached39.7%
1,429 households
Detached9%
324 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.1%
182 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
62 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.8%
1,611 households
No cars or vans in household26.3%
945 households
2 cars or vans in household21.6%
775 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.3%
263 households
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms62.3%
2,239 households
4 or more bedrooms17.4%
626 households
2 bedrooms15.1%
542 households
1 bedroom5.2%
187 households
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.7%
2,434 households
One-person household18.1%
649 households
Other household types14.2%
510 households
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household19.3%
692 households
1 person in household18.1%
649 households
4 people in household15.3%
550 households
5 people in household15.1%
541 households
3 people in household14.5%
521 households
6 people in household9.4%
339 households
7 people in household4.9%
175 households
8 or more people in household3.5%
127 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1527.6%
3,581 residents
15–2924.2%
3,145 residents
30–4421%
2,726 residents
45–6418.6%
2,413 residents
65 and over8.7%
1,125 residents
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh64.4%
8,362 residents
White19.4%
2,519 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.4%
1,094 residents
Other ethnic group5.1%
663 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
353 residents
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.8%
2,919 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.1%
1,848 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.2%
1,395 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,313 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.8%
1,081 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.7%
339 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.1%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.5%
4,447 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)47.5%
4,360 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4%
368 residents aged 16 and over
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed23.6%
2,166 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.5%
1,329 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.4%
1,234 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.3%
1,128 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
920 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.6%
884 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
843 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.7%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.6%
6,308 residents
Good health34.1%
4,429 residents
Fair health11.8%
1,538 residents
Bad health4%
524 residents
Very bad health1.5%
193 residents
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.1%
11,184 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.9%
1,809 residents
Ward End & Bromford West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension38.8%
1,393 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31%
1,113 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.5%
809 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.3%
262 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
16 households
Ward End & Bromford West · 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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