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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002089

Marston Green & Airport

Marston Green & Airport is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,066 residents in Solihull. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Solihull
8,066

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,253

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

537.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

71.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

17.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.9%

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.

Bestwood Village, Gedling6,093 residents · 75.9% owned · 16.9% no carBermuda & Heath End, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,256 residents · 70.9% owned · 15.0% no carLane End & Booker, Buckinghamshire8,135 residents · 66.7% owned · 15.6% no carNorth Witham, Braintree9,767 residents · 69.3% owned · 16.2% no carMinworth, Birmingham5,596 residents · 79.8% owned · 14.8% no carYaxley & Farcet, Huntingdonshire11,199 residents · 72.6% owned · 11.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Marston Green & Airport

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

Tenure

Owned71.7%
2,332 households
Private rented13.7%
447 households
Social rented12.9%
419 households
Shared ownership1.5%
48 households
Lives rent free0.2%
7 households
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.9%
1,264 households
Detached26.7%
869 households
Terraced24.7%
804 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.1%
262 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
26 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
5 households
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.9%
1,396 households
2 cars or vans in household28.1%
914 households
No cars or vans in household17.2%
560 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.7%
382 households
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.2%
1,633 households
4 or more bedrooms23.7%
770 households
2 bedrooms18.5%
602 households
1 bedroom7.6%
248 households
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.7%
2,170 households
One-person household27.5%
895 households
Other household types5.8%
189 households
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household33.3%
1,084 households
1 person in household27.5%
895 households
3 people in household18.1%
590 households
4 people in household14%
455 households
5 people in household4.9%
160 households
6 people in household1.5%
48 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
12 households
7 people in household0.3%
9 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516.2%
1,310 residents
15–2917.4%
1,402 residents
30–4418.4%
1,480 residents
45–6428.1%
2,264 residents
65 and over20%
1,609 residents
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.3%
6,960 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
413 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
359 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.9%
232 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
101 residents
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.9%
1,729 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22%
1,469 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.6%
1,175 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
1,036 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications10.6%
709 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
367 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.7%
180 residents aged 16 and over
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.6%
3,909 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40%
2,669 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
88 residents aged 16 and over
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations19.1%
1,273 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations14.7%
980 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.7%
848 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations11.7%
782 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.3%
754 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.2%
616 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.9%
593 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.6%
443 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
376 residents aged 16 and over
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.9%
3,703 residents
Good health35.5%
2,865 residents
Fair health13.3%
1,074 residents
Bad health4%
326 residents
Very bad health1.2%
98 residents
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.2%
6,550 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.8%
1,516 residents
Marston Green & Airport · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension47.6%
1,548 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,115 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions14.8%
482 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
103 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Marston Green & Airport · 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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