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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001938

Bournville East & Stirchley West

Bournville East & Stirchley West is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,870 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
7,870

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,512

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,251.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.1%

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.

Canton, Cardiff10,201 residents · 61.3% owned · 27.4% no carWoodseats, Sheffield7,769 residents · 70.2% owned · 22.0% no carSherwood Vale, Nottingham7,714 residents · 58.1% owned · 32.5% no carBearwood & Warley Woods, Sandwell10,670 residents · 56.5% owned · 32.2% no carSt Thomas East, Exeter8,064 residents · 60.2% owned · 28.0% no carWalkley, Sheffield9,025 residents · 66.1% owned · 26.5% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kings Heath, Birmingham7,703 residents · 67.2% owned · 25.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bournville East & Stirchley West

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

Tenure

Owned58.5%
2,053 households
Private rented25.9%
908 households
Social rented14.6%
512 households
Shared ownership1.1%
38 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced58.6%
2,060 households
Semi-detached20.4%
717 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.5%
299 households
Detached4%
139 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.7%
131 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.7%
130 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
37 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household50.6%
1,778 households
No cars or vans in household28.8%
1,012 households
2 cars or vans in household17.5%
614 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.1%
108 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.2%
1,343 households
2 bedrooms34.3%
1,204 households
4 or more bedrooms14%
491 households
1 bedroom13.5%
474 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59%
2,072 households
One-person household33.6%
1,181 households
Other household types7.4%
260 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.9%
1,227 households
1 person in household33.6%
1,181 households
3 people in household15.2%
535 households
4 people in household11.3%
398 households
5 people in household3.6%
127 households
6 people in household0.7%
26 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,336 residents
15–2918.3%
1,439 residents
30–4426.4%
2,079 residents
45–6424.8%
1,952 residents
65 and over13.5%
1,062 residents
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.5%
6,414 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.7%
525 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.7%
450 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.3%
337 residents
Other ethnic group1.8%
143 residents
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.1%
3,042 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
954 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications14.8%
952 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.4%
738 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.1%
456 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3%
195 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
116 residents aged 16 and over
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)66%
4,257 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive32%
2,064 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
130 residents aged 16 and over
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.8%
1,662 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.2%
1,110 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.4%
734 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations10.4%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.2%
591 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.8%
506 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
452 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.2%
273 residents aged 16 and over
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.6%
3,904 residents
Good health32.6%
2,566 residents
Fair health12.6%
992 residents
Bad health4.1%
321 residents
Very bad health1.1%
86 residents
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.2%
6,392 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.8%
1,479 residents
Bournville East & Stirchley West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension51.5%
1,808 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.3%
1,136 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.4%
436 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.6%
125 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Bournville East & Stirchley West · 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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