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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002043

Wood Green & Old Park

Wood Green & Old Park is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,757 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
8,757

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,223

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,227.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.3%

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.

Darlaston West, Walsall9,109 residents · 47.1% owned · 28.9% no carDudley Wood & Saltwells, Dudley7,798 residents · 58.0% owned · 23.6% no carDudley Priory & Wrens Nest, Dudley9,889 residents · 47.4% owned · 24.9% no carBradley, Wolverhampton8,435 residents · 50.5% owned · 28.0% no carBilston North West, Wolverhampton6,313 residents · 60.0% owned · 26.4% no carBrookfield & Holme Slack, Preston10,544 residents · 59.1% owned · 28.6% no car

Most similar within Sandwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Woods & Mesty Croft, Sandwell7,812 residents · 60.5% owned · 26.1% no carRowley East, Sandwell6,717 residents · 55.1% owned · 27.5% no carPrinces End & Willingsworth, Sandwell6,309 residents · 59.2% owned · 24.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wood Green & Old Park

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

Tenure

Owned57.8%
1,862 households
Social rented27.1%
874 households
Private rented14.7%
473 households
Lives rent free0.4%
13 households
Shared ownership0%
1 households
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached60.4%
1,947 households
Terraced20.2%
651 households
Detached10.2%
329 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.7%
247 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.4%
1,368 households
2 cars or vans in household26.4%
852 households
No cars or vans in household23.2%
749 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.9%
254 households
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms61.5%
1,981 households
2 bedrooms20%
645 households
4 or more bedrooms9.4%
302 households
1 bedroom9.2%
295 households
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.4%
2,206 households
One-person household24.9%
803 households
Other household types6.7%
215 households
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.7%
957 households
1 person in household24.9%
803 households
3 people in household19.2%
620 households
4 people in household14.7%
474 households
5 people in household6.5%
209 households
6 people in household2.8%
89 households
8 or more people in household1.3%
43 households
7 people in household0.9%
28 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521%
1,840 residents
15–2918.5%
1,623 residents
30–4419.4%
1,695 residents
45–6425.9%
2,265 residents
65 and over15.2%
1,335 residents
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White75.9%
6,644 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh16.2%
1,423 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.2%
281 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
279 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
131 residents
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.5%
1,941 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.3%
1,382 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.6%
1,063 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.1%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
834 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
350 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
208 residents aged 16 and over
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56%
3,814 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.5%
2,827 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
164 residents aged 16 and over
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.8%
1,210 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.5%
1,053 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.3%
975 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
948 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.7%
725 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.8%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.4%
503 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
464 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.8%
397 residents aged 16 and over
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.3%
3,881 residents
Good health32.4%
2,836 residents
Fair health15.8%
1,381 residents
Bad health5.9%
518 residents
Very bad health1.6%
141 residents
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.9%
6,908 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.1%
1,849 residents
Wood Green & Old Park · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.8%
1,219 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.5%
1,080 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.1%
648 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.3%
268 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Wood Green & Old Park · 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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