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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002075

Blackheath

Blackheath is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,736 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
8,736

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,684

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,638.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

58.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.5%

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.

Highbury Vale, Nottingham7,981 residents · 62.5% owned · 33.2% no carShaftesbury & Crindai, Newport6,794 residents · 54.1% owned · 29.6% no carCradley East, Dudley10,213 residents · 60.0% owned · 20.8% no carUpper Gornal & Ruiton, Dudley6,481 residents · 56.2% owned · 25.7% no carHighfields & Burton Manor, Stafford7,733 residents · 47.4% owned · 28.1% no carWednesfield North East, Wolverhampton7,523 residents · 64.2% owned · 28.5% no car

Most similar within Sandwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Cradley Heath, Sandwell7,378 residents · 55.5% owned · 25.8% no carOld Hill, Sandwell10,884 residents · 52.2% owned · 27.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blackheath

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

Tenure

Owned58.3%
2,148 households
Social rented25.4%
934 households
Private rented15.3%
565 households
Shared ownership0.7%
24 households
Lives rent free0.4%
13 households
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38%
1,400 households
Terraced30%
1,105 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.7%
540 households
Detached13.6%
501 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
86 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
41 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.6%
1,606 households
No cars or vans in household27.1%
998 households
2 cars or vans in household22.2%
819 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
261 households
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.1%
1,698 households
2 bedrooms32.8%
1,208 households
1 bedroom11.6%
428 households
4 or more bedrooms9.5%
350 households
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.9%
2,281 households
One-person household31.7%
1,167 households
Other household types6.4%
235 households
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household32.9%
1,210 households
1 person in household31.7%
1,167 households
3 people in household16.5%
608 households
4 people in household11.4%
420 households
5 people in household4.6%
171 households
6 people in household1.9%
69 households
7 people in household0.6%
21 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.7%
1,549 residents
15–2917.5%
1,529 residents
30–4420.1%
1,754 residents
45–6426.8%
2,342 residents
65 and over17.9%
1,562 residents
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White79%
6,901 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.5%
918 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.6%
403 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.2%
364 residents
Other ethnic group1.7%
149 residents
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.7%
1,894 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.5%
1,520 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
1,133 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,097 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.8%
833 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
227 residents aged 16 and over
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.8%
4,026 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
2,928 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,195 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.4%
1,164 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,082 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.3%
869 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11.6%
825 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%
491 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
472 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.4%
455 residents aged 16 and over
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.5%
3,627 residents
Good health34.8%
3,040 residents
Fair health16.2%
1,418 residents
Bad health5.8%
509 residents
Very bad health1.6%
140 residents
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.9%
6,889 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.1%
1,845 residents
Blackheath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension38.4%
1,415 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.9%
1,287 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.6%
721 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.9%
254 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Blackheath · 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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