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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002023

Ashwood

Ashwood is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,358 residents in Dudley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dudley
5,358

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,332

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,876.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

78.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

12.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.1%

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.

Franche, Wyre Forest7,000 residents · 76.0% owned · 13.3% no carCheslyn Hay, South Staffordshire9,784 residents · 79.3% owned · 12.5% no carMelksham North, Wiltshire7,814 residents · 72.1% owned · 12.3% no carHindley Green, Wigan8,521 residents · 82.8% owned · 13.2% no carEakring & Ling Forest, Mansfield6,567 residents · 85.7% owned · 11.4% no carBirches Head, Stoke-on-Trent5,723 residents · 74.0% owned · 18.8% no car

Most similar within Dudley

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Amblecote East, Dudley6,783 residents · 83.6% owned · 11.7% no carWordsley & Buckpool, Dudley9,485 residents · 78.7% owned · 12.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ashwood

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

Tenure

Owned78%
1,820 households
Social rented11.1%
259 households
Private rented10.7%
249 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Shared ownership0.1%
2 households
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached69.6%
1,622 households
Detached15.2%
355 households
Terraced11.8%
274 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement2.1%
49 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.8%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
6 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.8%
952 households
2 cars or vans in household35%
816 households
No cars or vans in household12.8%
299 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.3%
264 households
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms59.8%
1,393 households
2 bedrooms26.1%
609 households
4 or more bedrooms10.3%
241 households
1 bedroom3.8%
88 households
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household71.4%
1,662 households
One-person household25.9%
604 households
Other household types2.7%
62 households
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household40.1%
934 households
1 person in household25.9%
604 households
3 people in household18.1%
421 households
4 people in household11.5%
269 households
5 people in household3.3%
77 households
6 people in household0.9%
22 households
7 people in household0.2%
4 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.3%
817 residents
15–2916.6%
891 residents
30–4417.3%
928 residents
45–6427.2%
1,458 residents
65 and over23.5%
1,259 residents
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.6%
5,182 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
91 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh0.8%
44 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.6%
31 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
14 residents
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above23.1%
1,035 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications21.5%
966 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.3%
865 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
694 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.2%
503 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.6%
298 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
123 residents aged 16 and over
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
2,629 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.7%
1,782 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
73 residents aged 16 and over
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.7%
885 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.7%
660 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.6%
656 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.8%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
403 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.7%
390 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
336 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.3%
327 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
209 residents aged 16 and over
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.7%
2,343 residents
Good health36.6%
1,959 residents
Fair health14.3%
767 residents
Bad health4.4%
234 residents
Very bad health1%
54 residents
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
4,385 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
971 residents
Ashwood · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.6%
1,109 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.6%
806 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.6%
340 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
74 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Ashwood · 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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