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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001926

Stirchley North & Selly Park

Stirchley North & Selly Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,828 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
7,828

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,092

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,439

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

54.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.9%

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.

Fishponds, Bristol, City of10,014 residents · 56.3% owned · 24.4% no carStapleton, Bristol, City of6,678 residents · 61.8% owned · 19.1% no carBeeston North, Broxtowe8,112 residents · 61.3% owned · 24.0% no carCanterbury Wincheap, Canterbury6,417 residents · 39.8% owned · 29.7% no carBeeston Town, Broxtowe9,079 residents · 46.7% owned · 36.1% no carLeamington East & Sydenham, Warwick11,244 residents · 50.1% owned · 25.0% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Selly Oak Park & Lodge Hill, Birmingham6,736 residents · 57.7% owned · 30.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stirchley North & Selly Park

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

Tenure

Owned54.3%
1,679 households
Private rented31.5%
974 households
Social rented13.1%
406 households
Shared ownership1%
31 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.1%
1,149 households
Semi-detached36.9%
1,141 households
Detached13.2%
409 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.7%
268 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.8%
86 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
21 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.7%
1,383 households
No cars or vans in household29.3%
905 households
2 cars or vans in household20.5%
633 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.5%
171 households
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms35.9%
1,109 households
2 bedrooms31.3%
967 households
4 or more bedrooms22.8%
706 households
1 bedroom10%
310 households
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.4%
1,681 households
One-person household31.7%
981 households
Other household types13.9%
429 households
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.7%
981 households
2 people in household31.1%
963 households
3 people in household15.4%
477 households
4 people in household12.6%
391 households
5 people in household5.6%
172 households
6 people in household2.2%
67 households
7 people in household0.8%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
17 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.5%
1,213 residents
15–2926.2%
2,053 residents
30–4422.6%
1,770 residents
45–6421.3%
1,668 residents
65 and over14.4%
1,124 residents
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White63.9%
5,000 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.6%
1,610 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.6%
517 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.1%
479 residents
Other ethnic group2.8%
221 residents
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.9%
2,876 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.4%
1,202 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.5%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications9%
587 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.1%
465 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.9%
187 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.9%
3,395 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,804 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student5.3%
348 residents aged 16 and over
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20%
1,306 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students17.6%
1,154 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.2%
998 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.4%
743 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.3%
610 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.5%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.7%
503 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.2%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.1%
202 residents aged 16 and over
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.1%
3,763 residents
Good health33.8%
2,647 residents
Fair health13.2%
1,031 residents
Bad health3.7%
287 residents
Very bad health1.3%
100 residents
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.3%
6,287 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.7%
1,541 residents
Stirchley North & Selly Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.9%
1,573 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33%
1,022 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13%
403 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.9%
90 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Stirchley North & Selly 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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