Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002053

Hamstead East

Hamstead East is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,327 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell

6,327

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,538

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,114.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

68.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hamstead East

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

Tenure

Owned68.6%

1,741 households

Private rented15.7%

399 households

Social rented15.5%

393 households

Lives rent free0.2%

5 households

Shared ownership0%

0 households

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached68%

1,727 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement13.5%

344 households

Terraced9.3%

236 households

Detached8.1%

207 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%

17 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%

8 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%

1 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%

1 households

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household45.5%

1,157 households

No cars or vans in household23.6%

600 households

2 cars or vans in household23.1%

588 households

3 or more cars or vans in household7.7%

196 households

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms67.2%

1,709 households

2 bedrooms15.6%

397 households

4 or more bedrooms10.3%

261 households

1 bedroom6.9%

176 households

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.9%

1,622 households

One-person household29.3%

744 households

Other household types6.7%

171 households

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.4%

748 households

1 person in household29.3%

746 households

3 people in household17.2%

437 households

4 people in household15.5%

395 households

5 people in household5.8%

147 households

6 people in household1.7%

44 households

7 people in household0.7%

17 households

8 or more people in household0.4%

10 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.6%

1,176 residents

15–2917.1%

1,085 residents

30–4420.4%

1,294 residents

45–6425.7%

1,625 residents

65 and over18.1%

1,148 residents

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White52.8%

3,337 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh23.9%

1,514 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African14.3%

902 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.5%

348 residents

Other ethnic group3.5%

221 residents

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above26.7%

1,352 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications24.5%

1,241 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications16%

808 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications14.2%

721 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.2%

516 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship5.1%

256 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications3.4%

171 residents aged 16 and over

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.5%

2,861 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive41.1%

2,081 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student2.5%

125 residents aged 16 and over

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.9%

909 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations14.1%

714 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations13.9%

705 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations13.7%

696 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.2%

465 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students8.6%

436 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.4%

423 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.9%

402 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%

315 residents aged 16 and over

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%

2,841 residents

Good health36.2%

2,289 residents

Fair health13.4%

846 residents

Bad health4.4%

278 residents

Very bad health1.1%

72 residents

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.1%

5,322 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act15.9%

1,005 residents

Hamstead East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.8%

1,140 households

Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%

911 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions16.4%

417 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions2.8%

70 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%

4 households

Hamstead East · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

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GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02002053

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Hamstead East

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Most similar within Sandwell

Life in Hamstead East

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Source and date are part of the record.