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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002061

Greets Green East

Greets Green East is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,059 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
7,059

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,426

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,833.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

42.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.3%

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.

Rose Hill & Castleward, Derby11,564 residents · 33.7% owned · 46.8% no carBurnden & Great Lever, Bolton9,845 residents · 42.1% owned · 36.1% no carWalsall West, Walsall7,981 residents · 39.5% owned · 37.0% no carStechford, Birmingham8,913 residents · 51.1% owned · 34.0% no carLockwood, Kirklees7,790 residents · 48.8% owned · 37.3% 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.

Smethwick South, Sandwell10,338 residents · 38.5% owned · 43.3% no carOldbury & Rood End, Sandwell8,258 residents · 48.3% owned · 34.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Greets Green East

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

Tenure

Owned41.3%
1,002 households
Private rented29.7%
720 households
Social rented26.8%
649 households
Shared ownership1.6%
38 households
Lives rent free0.7%
17 households
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced37.4%
905 households
Semi-detached30.4%
736 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.9%
506 households
Detached7%
170 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.5%
61 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.3%
31 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household42.4%
1,027 households
1 car or van in household38.5%
933 households
2 cars or vans in household14.9%
360 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.3%
104 households
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms38.2%
927 households
2 bedrooms31.8%
770 households
1 bedroom17.8%
431 households
4 or more bedrooms12.2%
297 households
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household53.7%
1,299 households
One-person household31.5%
762 households
Other household types14.9%
360 households
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household31.4%
762 households
2 people in household22.5%
547 households
3 people in household13.6%
331 households
4 people in household13.5%
327 households
5 people in household8.2%
200 households
6 people in household5.2%
126 households
8 or more people in household3.5%
85 households
7 people in household2%
48 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.8%
1,469 residents
15–2922.5%
1,591 residents
30–4421.5%
1,516 residents
45–6422.4%
1,583 residents
65 and over12.8%
901 residents
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh48.9%
3,454 residents
White33%
2,331 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African7.8%
554 residents
Other ethnic group7.2%
508 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3%
212 residents
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications34.8%
1,906 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.3%
1,113 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
697 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.9%
650 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.6%
635 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.6%
250 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.1%
226 residents aged 16 and over
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.9%
2,678 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive47.8%
2,619 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.3%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed21.1%
1,155 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations20.9%
1,144 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.2%
721 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.7%
642 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.6%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
424 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
416 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.9%
269 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.2%
232 residents aged 16 and over
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.8%
3,161 residents
Good health33.2%
2,347 residents
Fair health14.5%
1,025 residents
Bad health5.4%
383 residents
Very bad health2%
143 residents
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
5,849 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,210 residents
Greets Green East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
876 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension29%
702 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions25.4%
615 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.2%
223 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Greets Green 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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