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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002051

Ocker Hill

Ocker Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,169 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
6,169

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,240

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,766

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

40.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

15.3%

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 carBushbury Hill, Wolverhampton6,273 residents · 46.1% owned · 31.6% no carDudley Priory & Wrens Nest, Dudley9,889 residents · 47.4% owned · 24.9% no carLime Side & Garden Suburb, Oldham7,755 residents · 44.6% owned · 34.0% no carHighfield & New Bury, Bolton8,706 residents · 44.9% owned · 30.0% no carKirby Frith, Leicester8,819 residents · 39.7% owned · 32.4% no car

Most similar within Sandwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Tibbington, Sandwell9,881 residents · 41.6% owned · 33.6% no carFriar Park, Sandwell5,714 residents · 40.7% owned · 33.2% no carStone Cross & Hateley Heath, Sandwell11,365 residents · 48.1% owned · 29.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Ocker Hill

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

Tenure

Social rented46.8%
1,048 households
Owned40.9%
916 households
Private rented11.5%
258 households
Lives rent free0.6%
13 households
Shared ownership0.2%
5 households
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.3%
880 households
Terraced35.5%
795 households
Detached12.4%
278 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
256 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.3%
7 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.8%
959 households
No cars or vans in household33.4%
749 households
2 cars or vans in household18.1%
406 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.7%
127 households
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.8%
1,295 households
2 bedrooms23.4%
525 households
4 or more bedrooms10.3%
231 households
1 bedroom8.5%
190 households
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.3%
1,575 households
One-person household23.2%
520 households
Other household types6.5%
146 households
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.6%
641 households
1 person in household23.2%
520 households
3 people in household19%
425 households
4 people in household16.7%
375 households
5 people in household7.5%
167 households
6 people in household3.6%
80 households
7 people in household0.9%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1525.4%
1,569 residents
15–2918.8%
1,160 residents
30–4420.8%
1,285 residents
45–6422.3%
1,377 residents
65 and over12.6%
778 residents
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White80.5%
4,964 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.4%
519 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.6%
405 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
191 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
90 residents
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications35.9%
1,616 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above15.3%
688 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.2%
684 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14%
629 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.2%
551 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
225 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.4%
110 residents aged 16 and over
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.8%
2,425 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.8%
1,972 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations22.9%
1,030 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.6%
794 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.3%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.4%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.4%
334 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
298 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.3%
282 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.5%
157 residents aged 16 and over
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.1%
2,722 residents
Good health33.5%
2,068 residents
Fair health14.6%
901 residents
Bad health5.8%
355 residents
Very bad health2%
123 residents
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.8%
4,924 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.2%
1,245 residents
Ocker Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.6%
821 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension30.5%
683 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.7%
554 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.8%
174 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
9 households
Ocker Hill · 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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