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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002052

Stone Cross & Hateley Heath

Stone Cross & Hateley Heath is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,365 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
11,365

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,236

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,578.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

48.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

29.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.5%

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.

Bilston North West, Wolverhampton6,313 residents · 60.0% owned · 26.4% no carKirby Frith, Leicester8,819 residents · 39.7% owned · 32.4% no carBilston North East, Wolverhampton7,725 residents · 54.3% owned · 28.7% no carStocking Farm & Mowmacre, Leicester11,778 residents · 39.0% owned · 35.2% no carKates Hill, Dudley7,117 residents · 44.6% owned · 33.2% no carDarlaston West, Walsall9,109 residents · 47.1% owned · 28.9% no car

Most similar within Sandwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wednesbury South, Sandwell11,126 residents · 50.4% owned · 29.0% no carTibbington, Sandwell9,881 residents · 41.6% owned · 33.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Stone Cross & Hateley Heath

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

Tenure

Owned48.1%
2,037 households
Social rented34.3%
1,453 households
Private rented16.9%
715 households
Lives rent free0.6%
25 households
Shared ownership0.1%
6 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached58.9%
2,496 households
Terraced17.2%
730 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.8%
627 households
Detached7%
297 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1%
42 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
16 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
2 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.4%
1,794 households
No cars or vans in household29.4%
1,247 households
2 cars or vans in household22%
930 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.2%
264 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms56.9%
2,410 households
2 bedrooms23.9%
1,012 households
1 bedroom10.1%
426 households
4 or more bedrooms9.1%
387 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.2%
2,760 households
One-person household26.5%
1,121 households
Other household types8.4%
355 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.3%
1,197 households
1 person in household26.5%
1,121 households
3 people in household18.4%
781 households
4 people in household15%
634 households
5 people in household7.3%
311 households
6 people in household2.8%
120 households
7 people in household1.2%
52 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
18 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.2%
2,406 residents
15–2918.4%
2,095 residents
30–4421.9%
2,487 residents
45–6424.3%
2,765 residents
65 and over14.2%
1,612 residents
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White61.3%
6,968 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh20.2%
2,291 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African11.2%
1,273 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
514 residents
Other ethnic group2.8%
322 residents
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.9%
2,723 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.5%
1,713 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
1,302 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
1,165 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.3%
1,087 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
446 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.2%
367 residents aged 16 and over
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.8%
4,910 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.9%
3,687 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.9%
1,751 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.1%
1,418 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.8%
1,395 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.9%
1,047 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
858 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
643 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.5%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.3%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.7%
4,967 residents
Good health34.2%
3,882 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,675 residents
Bad health5.5%
621 residents
Very bad health1.9%
220 residents
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
9,147 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
2,218 residents
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35.3%
1,496 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
1,468 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.5%
951 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.3%
309 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
11 households
Stone Cross & Hateley Heath · 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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