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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002060

Greets Green West

Greets Green West is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,356 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
7,356

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,632

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,842.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

33.8%

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.

Stocking Farm & Mowmacre, Leicester11,778 residents · 39.0% owned · 35.2% no carPleck, Walsall8,555 residents · 45.7% owned · 33.2% no carWalsall Ryecroft, Walsall9,792 residents · 43.2% owned · 31.0% no carKates Hill, Dudley7,117 residents · 44.6% owned · 33.2% no carNormanton South, Derby8,533 residents · 45.1% owned · 36.8% no carNorth Evington & Rowlatts Hill, Leicester11,176 residents · 46.4% owned · 33.5% 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 carOldbury & Rood End, Sandwell8,258 residents · 48.3% owned · 34.6% no carStone Cross & Hateley Heath, Sandwell11,365 residents · 48.1% owned · 29.4% no carWest Bromwich North, Sandwell11,792 residents · 48.6% owned · 37.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Greets Green West

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

Tenure

Owned46.8%
1,232 households
Social rented35%
921 households
Private rented17%
448 households
Shared ownership0.7%
18 households
Lives rent free0.5%
13 households
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.6%
1,093 households
Terraced32.4%
851 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.7%
386 households
Detached9%
237 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
51 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.3%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43%
1,131 households
No cars or vans in household33.8%
888 households
2 cars or vans in household17.4%
458 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.8%
153 households
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.1%
1,396 households
2 bedrooms22.3%
587 households
1 bedroom14.4%
378 households
4 or more bedrooms10.2%
269 households
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63%
1,659 households
One-person household28.1%
740 households
Other household types8.9%
233 households
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household28%
737 households
2 people in household24.6%
646 households
4 people in household15.6%
411 households
3 people in household15.5%
408 households
5 people in household9.4%
247 households
6 people in household4.2%
111 households
7 people in household1.9%
49 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.9%
1,756 residents
15–2918.6%
1,369 residents
30–4422.9%
1,683 residents
45–6422.5%
1,654 residents
65 and over12.2%
894 residents
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White46.3%
3,402 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh34.5%
2,535 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.7%
642 residents
Other ethnic group6%
442 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
332 residents
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications34.6%
1,897 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.5%
1,067 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.9%
708 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12%
660 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.2%
616 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications5.5%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
238 residents aged 16 and over
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)51.7%
2,837 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive45.3%
2,483 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3%
167 residents aged 16 and over
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.1%
1,158 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed18.6%
1,019 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.2%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.9%
541 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.6%
528 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
499 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
415 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
337 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.6%
3,283 residents
Good health34.2%
2,513 residents
Fair health13.7%
1,007 residents
Bad health5.8%
423 residents
Very bad health1.8%
129 residents
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
6,064 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,292 residents
Greets Green West · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
950 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension31.6%
830 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions23%
606 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.9%
235 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
9 households
Greets Green West · 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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