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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002025

Shell Corner & Hurst Green

Shell Corner & Hurst Green is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,896 residents in Dudley. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Dudley
8,896

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,672

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,025

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

19.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.5%

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.

Sheldon South, Birmingham10,413 residents · 70.1% owned · 22.9% no carWalsgrave & Woodway Park, Coventry8,080 residents · 64.5% owned · 21.2% no carLittledale & Handsworth North, Sheffield10,316 residents · 70.5% owned · 23.3% no carAylestone South, Leicester8,344 residents · 66.7% owned · 22.7% no carLongbridge North, Birmingham8,569 residents · 68.9% owned · 23.8% no carPodsmead & Linden, Gloucester9,145 residents · 61.2% owned · 22.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Shell Corner & Hurst Green

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

Tenure

Owned66.8%
2,454 households
Private rented18%
661 households
Social rented14.1%
519 households
Shared ownership0.8%
31 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached45.9%
1,684 households
Terraced26.9%
987 households
Detached16.8%
615 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.1%
298 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.2%
44 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
30 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44.6%
1,636 households
2 cars or vans in household26.9%
987 households
No cars or vans in household19.9%
729 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.7%
320 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53%
1,945 households
2 bedrooms26.2%
962 households
4 or more bedrooms12%
441 households
1 bedroom8.8%
324 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.4%
2,328 households
One-person household30.7%
1,127 households
Other household types5.9%
218 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.7%
1,163 households
1 person in household30.7%
1,127 households
3 people in household16.3%
598 households
4 people in household12.9%
473 households
5 people in household5.2%
191 households
6 people in household2.2%
79 households
7 people in household0.8%
29 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.5%
1,735 residents
15–2918.9%
1,677 residents
30–4421.5%
1,916 residents
45–6424.5%
2,182 residents
65 and over15.6%
1,386 residents
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White71.9%
6,398 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.9%
1,500 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
403 residents
Other ethnic group3.4%
307 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.3%
291 residents
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.5%
1,869 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications23.2%
1,639 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.3%
1,293 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.5%
955 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.4%
736 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
389 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
178 residents aged 16 and over
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60%
4,231 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.9%
2,673 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
151 residents aged 16 and over
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.7%
1,391 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.8%
907 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.8%
902 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.5%
886 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.8%
766 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.6%
676 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6%
426 residents aged 16 and over
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45%
4,005 residents
Good health36.2%
3,219 residents
Fair health13.2%
1,171 residents
Bad health4.3%
385 residents
Very bad health1.3%
116 residents
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.6%
7,352 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.4%
1,544 residents
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.3%
1,665 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.4%
1,226 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17%
626 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
152 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Shell Corner & Hurst Green · 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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