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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001966

Foleshill West

Foleshill West is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,355 residents in Coventry. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Coventry
7,355

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,249

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,270.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Normanton North & Peartree, Derby8,956 residents · 50.6% owned · 35.8% no carPalfrey, Walsall10,264 residents · 47.0% owned · 34.2% no carCrumpsall South, Manchester15,014 residents · 38.2% owned · 34.5% no carHandsworth West, Birmingham8,471 residents · 44.5% owned · 40.4% no carWardleworth & Newbold Brow, Rochdale10,362 residents · 49.2% owned · 33.3% no carDeeplish, Rochdale10,296 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.3% no car

Most similar within Coventry

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Foleshill East, Coventry11,719 residents · 33.2% owned · 41.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Foleshill West

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

Tenure

Owned41.4%
931 households
Private rented37.3%
840 households
Social rented19.5%
439 households
Shared ownership1.6%
36 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced48.3%
1,085 households
Semi-detached26.3%
591 households
Detached11.5%
258 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.2%
230 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2%
44 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.2%
904 households
No cars or vans in household34.3%
770 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
405 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.5%
168 households
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.9%
1,009 households
2 bedrooms32.3%
725 households
4 or more bedrooms15.4%
345 households
1 bedroom7.4%
166 households
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household59.7%
1,339 households
One-person household23.4%
525 households
Other household types16.9%
379 households
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household23.5%
527 households
2 people in household18.1%
407 households
3 people in household18%
405 households
4 people in household14.6%
328 households
5 people in household12.4%
278 households
6 people in household6.6%
149 households
7 people in household3.5%
79 households
8 or more people in household3.3%
73 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.1%
1,843 residents
15–2924.2%
1,780 residents
30–4423.2%
1,708 residents
45–6420.1%
1,476 residents
65 and over7.5%
548 residents
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh49.6%
3,647 residents
White29.6%
2,179 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.9%
727 residents
Other ethnic group8.1%
599 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
202 residents
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.1%
1,632 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24%
1,299 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
729 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
693 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.7%
633 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
248 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.4%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)52.5%
2,846 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.3%
2,345 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.2%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.7%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19.9%
1,080 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.2%
767 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.3%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10%
544 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9%
490 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.5%
408 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.5%
243 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
202 residents aged 16 and over
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.7%
3,732 residents
Good health30.1%
2,217 residents
Fair health12.3%
902 residents
Bad health5.2%
386 residents
Very bad health1.6%
118 residents
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.5%
6,285 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.5%
1,070 residents
Foleshill West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.7%
825 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.1%
742 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.2%
475 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.4%
189 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
14 households
Foleshill 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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