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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002022

Hawbush

Hawbush is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,881 residents in Dudley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dudley
8,881

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,722

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,324.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

59.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.6%

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.

Earlsheaton & Chickenley, Kirklees10,151 residents · 60.6% owned · 25.2% no carAlverthorpe & Flanshaw, Wakefield10,050 residents · 59.4% owned · 25.0% no carMiddleton East, Rochdale10,132 residents · 61.8% owned · 26.1% no carNew Broughton & Bryn Cefn, Wrexham7,674 residents · 62.3% owned · 17.6% no carDroylsden Central, Tameside9,538 residents · 60.3% owned · 28.4% no carMackworth, Derby9,098 residents · 60.9% owned · 22.9% no car

Most similar within Dudley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Quarry Bank, Dudley8,738 residents · 68.8% owned · 18.6% no carCradley East, Dudley10,213 residents · 60.0% owned · 20.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hawbush

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

Tenure

Owned59.1%
2,201 households
Social rented25%
931 households
Private rented15.3%
570 households
Lives rent free0.4%
15 households
Shared ownership0.1%
5 households
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached61.5%
2,290 households
Terraced20.5%
764 households
Detached10.1%
376 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.6%
210 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
37 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.6%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.4%
1,651 households
2 cars or vans in household26.5%
986 households
No cars or vans in household20.8%
775 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.3%
310 households
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.8%
1,890 households
2 bedrooms32.7%
1,216 households
1 bedroom9.3%
348 households
4 or more bedrooms7.2%
268 households
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.1%
2,535 households
One-person household28.7%
1,069 households
Other household types3.2%
119 households
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.3%
1,278 households
1 person in household28.7%
1,070 households
3 people in household17.2%
640 households
4 people in household12.9%
481 households
5 people in household4.9%
183 households
6 people in household1.5%
56 households
7 people in household0.2%
9 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
5 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.9%
1,854 residents
15–2918.3%
1,625 residents
30–4421.2%
1,885 residents
45–6425.2%
2,242 residents
65 and over14.4%
1,279 residents
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.7%
8,232 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.4%
301 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
232 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
87 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
29 residents
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.5%
1,564 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.6%
1,500 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.5%
1,285 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.4%
1,205 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
796 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.1%
420 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
169 residents aged 16 and over
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.5%
4,404 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35%
2,425 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.5%
1,212 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.6%
1,153 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.6%
1,151 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13%
903 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.7%
604 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.7%
603 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.9%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
463 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.3%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.8%
3,891 residents
Good health35.8%
3,181 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,253 residents
Bad health5%
443 residents
Very bad health1.3%
113 residents
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.7%
7,082 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.3%
1,799 residents
Hawbush · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.5%
1,621 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
1,258 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.8%
662 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.6%
171 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Hawbush · 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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