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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002058

Great Bridge & Dudley Port

Great Bridge & Dudley Port is a Census neighbourhood of about 13,570 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
13,570

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,974

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,941

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

52.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

26.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.1%

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.

Ettingshall, Wolverhampton11,505 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.8% no carCalifornia & Southcourt, Buckinghamshire7,416 residents · 43.0% owned · 24.4% no carLewsey North, Luton10,113 residents · 50.2% owned · 25.0% no carDixons Green, Dudley8,312 residents · 49.1% owned · 28.2% no carWillenhall Town, Walsall8,004 residents · 48.3% owned · 29.6% no carLeagrave, Luton11,189 residents · 52.7% owned · 24.3% no car

Most similar within Sandwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

North Tividale, Sandwell10,330 residents · 56.9% owned · 25.8% no carLangley Green, Sandwell8,921 residents · 62.1% owned · 24.4% no carWednesbury South, Sandwell11,126 residents · 50.4% owned · 29.0% no carYew Tree & Tamebridge, Sandwell8,052 residents · 55.8% owned · 21.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Great Bridge & Dudley Port

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

Tenure

Owned52%
2,587 households
Social rented27%
1,344 households
Private rented20.3%
1,008 households
Lives rent free0.4%
19 households
Shared ownership0.3%
16 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached35.6%
1,771 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.4%
1,314 households
Terraced18.8%
936 households
Detached17.7%
880 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
37 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
32 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
6 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.8%
2,031 households
No cars or vans in household26.9%
1,341 households
2 cars or vans in household24.3%
1,207 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8%
397 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms43.5%
2,166 households
2 bedrooms29.7%
1,479 households
4 or more bedrooms14.5%
721 households
1 bedroom12.3%
610 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61%
3,034 households
One-person household28.9%
1,436 households
Other household types10.1%
504 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28.9%
1,436 households
2 people in household26.5%
1,317 households
3 people in household18%
898 households
4 people in household15.2%
754 households
5 people in household5.7%
283 households
6 people in household2.5%
125 households
8 or more people in household2.2%
107 households
7 people in household1.1%
56 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
2,777 residents
15–2920.6%
2,790 residents
30–4422.1%
3,004 residents
45–6425%
3,398 residents
65 and over11.8%
1,601 residents
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White51%
6,921 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh32.8%
4,449 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.8%
1,189 residents
Other ethnic group4%
536 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
473 residents
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.1%
3,079 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.1%
2,448 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
1,536 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
1,468 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.3%
1,200 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
449 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
411 residents aged 16 and over
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.3%
6,381 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.3%
3,953 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.4%
255 residents aged 16 and over
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.4%
2,055 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.1%
1,594 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed14.2%
1,506 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.7%
1,446 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.7%
1,027 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.8%
928 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
806 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.8%
619 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.8%
610 residents aged 16 and over
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.3%
6,278 residents
Good health33.8%
4,581 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,858 residents
Bad health4.7%
638 residents
Very bad health1.6%
216 residents
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.5%
11,471 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.5%
2,099 residents
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.7%
2,023 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.6%
1,671 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.3%
958 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.2%
309 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
15 households
Great Bridge & Dudley Port · 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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