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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001908

Sparkhill North

Sparkhill North is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,953 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
8,953

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,211

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

16,879.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.7%

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.

Barkerend East, Bradford10,842 residents · 53.9% owned · 37.7% no carBusk, Oldham9,434 residents · 47.6% owned · 38.1% no carBrown Royd, Bradford7,845 residents · 46.0% owned · 38.1% no carLongsight East, Manchester9,280 residents · 35.5% owned · 35.6% no carCoppice, Oldham8,486 residents · 67.0% owned · 21.3% no carGirlington, Bradford8,291 residents · 55.1% owned · 37.3% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Small Heath Park, Birmingham10,160 residents · 48.3% owned · 38.8% no carGreet & Mid Sparkhill, Birmingham8,307 residents · 55.8% owned · 31.6% no carBordesley, Birmingham15,720 residents · 48.7% owned · 36.0% no carSaltley East, Birmingham12,396 residents · 45.6% owned · 36.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sparkhill North

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

Tenure

Owned55.8%
1,234 households
Private rented28.6%
632 households
Social rented15.2%
337 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Shared ownership0.1%
3 households
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced67.9%
1,501 households
Semi-detached13.6%
301 households
Detached8.8%
195 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement4.8%
105 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.7%
60 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.8%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.5%
940 households
No cars or vans in household34.2%
756 households
2 cars or vans in household16.5%
365 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
150 households
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms45.8%
1,013 households
4 or more bedrooms26.2%
579 households
2 bedrooms22.8%
505 households
1 bedroom5.2%
114 households
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.1%
1,349 households
Other household types22.1%
487 households
One-person household16.8%
372 households
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household16.8%
372 households
4 people in household15.8%
350 households
5 people in household15.3%
339 households
2 people in household13.6%
300 households
3 people in household12.8%
284 households
6 people in household12.4%
275 households
7 people in household6.7%
148 households
8 or more people in household6.5%
143 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.3%
2,263 residents
15–2926.2%
2,343 residents
30–4421.7%
1,944 residents
45–6418.9%
1,689 residents
65 and over7.9%
711 residents
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh81.9%
7,330 residents
Other ethnic group6.5%
583 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.1%
455 residents
White4.5%
399 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
184 residents
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications36.2%
2,364 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.7%
1,219 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14%
915 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.4%
871 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
814 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
135 residents aged 16 and over
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive54.2%
3,537 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)42.2%
2,754 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.6%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed31.5%
2,058 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students15.7%
1,024 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.7%
831 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
730 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8%
523 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.3%
474 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.8%
441 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
243 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.1%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.3%
4,053 residents
Good health34.2%
3,063 residents
Fair health13.6%
1,218 residents
Bad health4.9%
442 residents
Very bad health1.9%
173 residents
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.3%
7,636 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.7%
1,317 residents
Sparkhill North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.8%
836 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions26.3%
582 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension24.3%
537 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions11%
244 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
12 households
Sparkhill North · 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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