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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001919

Moseley

Moseley is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,940 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
6,940

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,620

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,324.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.9%

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.

Chapel Allerton South & Chapeltown, Leeds10,558 residents · 41.6% owned · 41.4% no carPaddock & Greenhead, Kirklees6,826 residents · 48.7% owned · 37.4% no carWhalley Range North, Manchester8,939 residents · 37.1% owned · 36.6% no carSouth Riverside, Cardiff7,459 residents · 35.3% owned · 47.6% no carEdgerton & Marsh, Kirklees6,535 residents · 44.6% owned · 38.5% no carWest Park, Wolverhampton7,893 residents · 37.1% owned · 40.2% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Moseley Village, Birmingham8,651 residents · 43.4% owned · 36.2% no carRotton Park, Birmingham9,892 residents · 50.1% owned · 31.1% no carEdgbaston North, Birmingham9,976 residents · 37.7% owned · 38.2% no carMoor Green & Cannon Hill, Birmingham7,060 residents · 59.4% owned · 24.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Moseley

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

Tenure

Owned57.2%
1,499 households
Private rented32.2%
844 households
Social rented10.3%
270 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement37.6%
984 households
Detached17.3%
454 households
Semi-detached16.1%
422 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits14.9%
391 households
Terraced12.7%
332 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
35 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0%
1 households
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,103 households
No cars or vans in household29.6%
776 households
2 cars or vans in household19.4%
509 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.9%
233 households
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms32.7%
856 households
1 bedroom31%
813 households
2 bedrooms22.5%
589 households
3 bedrooms13.8%
362 households
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

One-person household43.5%
1,140 households
Single family household42.2%
1,105 households
Other household types14.3%
374 households
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household43.5%
1,140 households
2 people in household22%
576 households
3 people in household9.5%
249 households
4 people in household8.3%
217 households
5 people in household5.3%
140 households
6 people in household4.6%
121 households
8 or more people in household3.8%
99 households
7 people in household3%
78 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,145 residents
15–2922.9%
1,590 residents
30–4421.7%
1,509 residents
45–6423.9%
1,662 residents
65 and over14.9%
1,036 residents
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh50.4%
3,500 residents
White34.1%
2,366 residents
Other ethnic group7%
483 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.5%
313 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4%
279 residents
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.9%
2,393 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.9%
1,253 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.7%
781 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9.9%
567 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
486 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.1%
120 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.1%
118 residents aged 16 and over
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54%
3,086 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.7%
2,501 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19.3%
1,106 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.5%
1,057 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
851 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
564 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.5%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations8.2%
467 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations8%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,151 residents
Good health35.1%
2,437 residents
Fair health13.9%
962 residents
Bad health4.1%
284 residents
Very bad health1.6%
110 residents
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
5,720 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,221 residents
Moseley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.8%
1,198 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
871 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.7%
386 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
148 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
14 households
Moseley · 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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