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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001900

Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park

Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,710 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
6,710

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,739

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,229.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

35.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

40.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.8%

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.

Old Trafford, Trafford11,723 residents · 31.6% owned · 42.0% no carArdwick, Manchester10,138 residents · 22.1% owned · 48.5% no carPaddock & Greenhead, Kirklees6,826 residents · 48.7% owned · 37.4% no carFallowfield West & Whalley Range South, Manchester11,798 residents · 40.6% owned · 33.5% no carChapel Allerton South & Chapeltown, Leeds10,558 residents · 41.6% owned · 41.4% no carMeadows, Nottingham7,908 residents · 35.4% owned · 47.2% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Metchley, Birmingham7,442 residents · 33.9% owned · 43.9% no carHandsworth East, Birmingham9,148 residents · 40.4% owned · 37.5% no carGravelly Hill & South Erdington, Birmingham13,854 residents · 39.3% owned · 41.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park

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

Tenure

Social rented38%
1,042 households
Owned35.6%
975 households
Private rented25.3%
692 households
Lives rent free0.5%
15 households
Shared ownership0.5%
15 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement47.6%
1,306 households
Semi-detached21.2%
581 households
Terraced13.6%
373 households
Detached12.9%
354 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.5%
95 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household40.3%
1,105 households
1 car or van in household39.4%
1,080 households
2 cars or vans in household15.1%
413 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.1%
141 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms28.4%
779 households
3 bedrooms24.9%
681 households
1 bedroom23.7%
648 households
4 or more bedrooms23%
631 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household49.5%
1,357 households
One-person household40.4%
1,108 households
Other household types10.1%
278 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household40.5%
1,108 households
2 people in household25.1%
687 households
3 people in household13.4%
367 households
4 people in household10.8%
295 households
5 people in household5%
137 households
6 people in household3.1%
84 households
7 people in household1.3%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.9%
26 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.6%
1,246 residents
15–2923.3%
1,562 residents
30–4420.5%
1,374 residents
45–6423.2%
1,555 residents
65 and over14.5%
972 residents
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White33.7%
2,259 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh31.1%
2,084 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African17.4%
1,170 residents
Other ethnic group12%
802 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.9%
396 residents
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.8%
2,310 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.1%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.7%
793 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.3%
504 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.4%
398 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
155 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.8%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.3%
2,603 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive46.1%
2,487 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.6%
301 residents aged 16 and over
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.3%
935 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students16.1%
871 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.4%
830 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15%
809 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10%
538 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.3%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
422 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.7%
359 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.5%
3,255 residents
Good health31.6%
2,119 residents
Fair health13%
872 residents
Bad health5.4%
361 residents
Very bad health1.5%
104 residents
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.1%
5,509 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.9%
1,201 residents
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension42.3%
1,158 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.7%
896 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.3%
473 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
196 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
16 households
Five Ways South & Calthorpe Park · 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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