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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001879

Summerfield

Summerfield is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,025 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
10,025

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,047

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,162

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

37.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.8%

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.

Lockwood, Kirklees7,790 residents · 48.8% owned · 37.3% no carRose Hill & Castleward, Derby11,564 residents · 33.7% owned · 46.8% no carGreets Green East, Sandwell7,059 residents · 41.3% owned · 42.4% no carDarnall, Sheffield8,571 residents · 36.9% owned · 38.9% no carCrabtree & Fir Vale, Sheffield9,253 residents · 51.7% owned · 37.4% 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.

Birchfield West, Birmingham11,204 residents · 37.0% owned · 42.4% no carWinson Green & Gib Heath, Birmingham11,386 residents · 30.9% owned · 47.5% no carLozells West, Birmingham9,451 residents · 35.1% owned · 45.3% no carSaltley West, Birmingham9,522 residents · 39.4% owned · 40.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Summerfield

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

Tenure

Owned37.6%
1,146 households
Social rented33.4%
1,017 households
Private rented28%
854 households
Lives rent free0.5%
15 households
Shared ownership0.5%
15 households
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced49.5%
1,509 households
Semi-detached21.2%
648 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.5%
351 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits8.1%
248 households
Detached7.8%
238 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
33 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44.4%
1,354 households
1 car or van in household37.7%
1,148 households
2 cars or vans in household13.1%
399 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.9%
148 households
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms33.5%
1,021 households
3 bedrooms31%
945 households
4 or more bedrooms19.1%
583 households
1 bedroom16.4%
501 households
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household52.8%
1,610 households
One-person household30.3%
924 households
Other household types16.9%
515 households
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.3%
924 households
2 people in household19.4%
591 households
3 people in household13.6%
414 households
4 people in household12.9%
394 households
5 people in household9.2%
281 households
6 people in household7.7%
235 households
7 people in household3.5%
107 households
8 or more people in household3.4%
104 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.9%
2,198 residents
15–2926.1%
2,617 residents
30–4423.2%
2,321 residents
45–6420.1%
2,013 residents
65 and over8.7%
875 residents
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh45.8%
4,596 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African22.9%
2,293 residents
White19.5%
1,950 residents
Other ethnic group7.1%
709 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.8%
477 residents
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.5%
2,417 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24.8%
1,901 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.4%
873 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
847 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.5%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
239 residents aged 16 and over
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive50%
3,836 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.6%
3,497 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.5%
344 residents aged 16 and over
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed24.8%
1,902 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.9%
1,220 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.3%
1,096 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11%
845 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.1%
699 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
692 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
554 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.6%
350 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
321 residents aged 16 and over
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
4,506 residents
Good health33.5%
3,359 residents
Fair health14.8%
1,483 residents
Bad health5.2%
523 residents
Very bad health1.5%
154 residents
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.2%
8,242 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.8%
1,783 residents
Summerfield · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.9%
1,157 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension30.5%
931 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23%
702 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.9%
242 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
18 households
Summerfield · 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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