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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001892

Yardley Fields

Yardley Fields is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,587 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
11,587

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,468

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,594.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.8%

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.

Palfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no carLever Edge, Bolton9,156 residents · 41.3% owned · 31.7% no carDarnall, Sheffield8,571 residents · 36.9% owned · 38.9% no carDewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown, Kirklees7,039 residents · 54.8% owned · 27.7% no carGipton North, Leeds7,815 residents · 41.1% owned · 36.0% no carBowling Park, Bradford7,073 residents · 51.9% owned · 37.9% 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 carWashwood Heath, Birmingham9,962 residents · 46.7% owned · 33.8% no carAcocks Green West, Birmingham9,897 residents · 54.6% owned · 29.7% no carWard End & Bromford West, Birmingham12,993 residents · 60.8% owned · 26.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Yardley Fields

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

Tenure

Owned47.3%
1,641 households
Social rented32%
1,111 households
Private rented19.5%
677 households
Lives rent free0.7%
26 households
Shared ownership0.4%
13 households
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.7%
1,307 households
Semi-detached37%
1,283 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement15.3%
532 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.4%
154 households
Detached4.2%
146 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1%
34 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
6 households
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.8%
1,518 households
No cars or vans in household32.3%
1,121 households
2 cars or vans in household18.1%
626 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.9%
203 households
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms61.5%
2,135 households
2 bedrooms16.9%
586 households
1 bedroom11.6%
404 households
4 or more bedrooms9.9%
344 households
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.1%
2,258 households
One-person household22.7%
788 households
Other household types12.1%
421 households
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household22.7%
788 households
2 people in household18.9%
655 households
3 people in household16%
554 households
4 people in household15.3%
532 households
5 people in household12.6%
438 households
6 people in household7.8%
269 households
7 people in household3.9%
134 households
8 or more people in household2.8%
97 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1529.3%
3,400 residents
15–2921.9%
2,539 residents
30–4422.3%
2,580 residents
45–6418.7%
2,169 residents
65 and over7.8%
902 residents
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh55.1%
6,378 residents
White24.2%
2,801 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8%
926 residents
Other ethnic group8%
923 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.8%
556 residents
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.8%
2,540 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.8%
1,655 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.9%
1,191 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
1,052 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
996 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.3%
263 residents aged 16 and over
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.6%
3,882 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.2%
3,845 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed23.7%
1,888 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations14.6%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.1%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.7%
1,013 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
791 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
712 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.8%
623 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.2%
334 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.4%
5,608 residents
Good health32.4%
3,751 residents
Fair health13.3%
1,536 residents
Bad health4.4%
511 residents
Very bad health1.6%
181 residents
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%
9,746 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%
1,841 residents
Yardley Fields · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.9%
1,314 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.3%
984 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23.4%
812 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.9%
343 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
18 households
Yardley Fields · 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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