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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002085

Kingshurst

Kingshurst is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,659 residents in Solihull. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Solihull
6,659

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,654

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,550.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

56.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.3%

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.

Rede Common, Medway6,492 residents · 57.0% owned · 23.6% no carArnold Town, Gedling5,876 residents · 58.4% owned · 29.4% no carRowley East, Sandwell6,717 residents · 55.1% owned · 27.5% no carDarlaston West, Walsall9,109 residents · 47.1% owned · 28.9% no carHighridge, Bristol, City of6,266 residents · 46.9% owned · 26.0% no carDudley Wood & Saltwells, Dudley7,798 residents · 58.0% owned · 23.6% no car

Most similar within Solihull

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Smith's Wood South, Solihull6,746 residents · 50.1% owned · 29.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kingshurst

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

Tenure

Owned56.1%
1,490 households
Social rented30.6%
813 households
Private rented12.3%
327 households
Shared ownership0.8%
20 households
Lives rent free0.2%
4 households
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached43.8%
1,162 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement26.2%
695 households
Terraced21.3%
565 households
Detached7.9%
209 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
15 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.2%
1,120 households
No cars or vans in household27.3%
724 households
2 cars or vans in household23.2%
617 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.3%
193 households
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms62.2%
1,650 households
2 bedrooms18.1%
481 households
4 or more bedrooms11.9%
316 households
1 bedroom7.8%
207 households
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.3%
1,758 households
One-person household27.7%
735 households
Other household types6%
160 households
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.1%
772 households
1 person in household27.6%
732 households
3 people in household20.4%
542 households
4 people in household13.9%
370 households
5 people in household6.6%
176 households
6 people in household1.7%
45 households
7 people in household0.5%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.2%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.2%
1,482 residents
15–2918.5%
1,230 residents
30–4420.5%
1,369 residents
45–6423.4%
1,557 residents
65 and over15.4%
1,025 residents
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White87.2%
5,806 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.3%
351 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.7%
247 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.5%
233 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
23 residents
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications25.8%
1,309 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.5%
991 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17.3%
879 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.1%
817 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.4%
630 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
299 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.8%
2,880 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
2,094 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
99 residents aged 16 and over
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.5%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.7%
847 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.9%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.1%
614 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
565 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.5%
380 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7%
356 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.7%
341 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.4%
327 residents aged 16 and over
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.5%
2,964 residents
Good health34.6%
2,304 residents
Fair health14.2%
945 residents
Bad health5.2%
345 residents
Very bad health1.5%
101 residents
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.7%
5,242 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.3%
1,417 residents
Kingshurst · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.5%
996 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35%
929 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.5%
571 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
152 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Kingshurst · 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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