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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02001993

Canley & Westwood Heath

Canley & Westwood Heath is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,985 residents in Coventry. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Coventry
8,985

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,314

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,209.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

33.1%

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.

Leamington Brunswick, Warwick10,330 residents · 35.3% owned · 34.3% no carMincinglake & Beacon Heath, Exeter7,096 residents · 50.4% owned · 26.4% no carBowthorpe & West Earlham, Norwich13,033 residents · 33.7% owned · 26.6% no carWest Knighton, Leicester9,230 residents · 59.6% owned · 24.1% no carChurchill, Oxford7,621 residents · 28.6% owned · 38.1% no carStapleton, Bristol, City of6,678 residents · 61.8% owned · 19.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Canley & Westwood Heath

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

Tenure

Owned47.8%
1,583 households
Social rented31%
1,026 households
Private rented20.2%
668 households
Shared ownership0.8%
27 households
Lives rent free0.3%
10 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.6%
1,378 households
Detached24.3%
805 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.4%
609 households
Terraced14.2%
471 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
26 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
21 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household36.4%
1,208 households
No cars or vans in household31.2%
1,033 households
2 cars or vans in household23.1%
765 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.3%
309 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms40.1%
1,328 households
4 or more bedrooms28.9%
958 households
2 bedrooms20%
664 households
1 bedroom11%
365 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household55.3%
1,832 households
One-person household28.8%
955 households
Other household types15.9%
526 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28.8%
955 households
2 people in household28.2%
936 households
3 people in household17%
564 households
4 people in household14.9%
496 households
5 people in household7.1%
234 households
6 people in household2.3%
77 households
8 or more people in household1%
33 households
7 people in household0.7%
23 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.5%
1,484 residents
15–2933.1%
2,975 residents
30–4416.4%
1,473 residents
45–6420.4%
1,834 residents
65 and over13.6%
1,219 residents
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.3%
6,141 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh17.7%
1,586 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.8%
705 residents
Other ethnic group3.2%
285 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
268 residents
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above33.1%
2,445 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications25.1%
1,856 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications16.3%
1,206 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.3%
763 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.5%
626 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
288 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
213 residents aged 16 and over
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive48.2%
3,563 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.8%
3,388 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student6%
446 residents aged 16 and over
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students27.2%
2,014 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13%
963 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.7%
869 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
865 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.1%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.4%
625 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.1%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.7%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.4%
4,348 residents
Good health34.4%
3,094 residents
Fair health12.1%
1,084 residents
Bad health4%
358 residents
Very bad health1.1%
102 residents
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
7,408 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,577 residents
Canley & Westwood Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.9%
1,490 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
1,066 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.9%
559 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.6%
185 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
15 households
Canley & Westwood Heath · 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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