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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002108

Dorridge

Dorridge is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,846 residents in Solihull. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Solihull
9,846

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,980

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,106.4

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

85.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.6%

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.

Bramhall South & Woodford, Stockport6,260 residents · 88.7% owned · 8.5% no carShenfield & Hutton Mount, Brentwood10,618 residents · 84.9% owned · 9.9% no carChalfont St Giles, Seer Green & Jordans, Buckinghamshire8,006 residents · 81.5% owned · 6.4% no carWest Byfleet & Pyrford North, Woking9,332 residents · 80.0% owned · 9.3% no carHagley, Bromsgrove7,314 residents · 84.9% owned · 7.3% no carLangton Green, Speldhurst & Bidborough, Tunbridge Wells7,662 residents · 81.3% owned · 8.1% no car

Most similar within Solihull

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Knowle, Solihull9,730 residents · 83.6% owned · 9.8% no carBalsall Common, Solihull8,265 residents · 84.1% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dorridge

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

Tenure

Owned85.5%
3,403 households
Private rented9.2%
367 households
Social rented4.9%
197 households
Shared ownership0.3%
12 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached60.2%
2,397 households
Semi-detached23.8%
948 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.8%
311 households
Terraced7%
280 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
7 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.7%
1,621 households
1 car or van in household35.3%
1,403 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.3%
607 households
No cars or vans in household8.8%
349 households
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms55.1%
2,194 households
3 bedrooms26.5%
1,054 households
2 bedrooms13.2%
527 households
1 bedroom5.1%
204 households
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household72%
2,864 households
One-person household25.4%
1,009 households
Other household types2.6%
105 households
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35%
1,392 households
1 person in household25.3%
1,009 households
4 people in household19%
755 households
3 people in household14.5%
579 households
5 people in household5%
201 households
6 people in household1%
39 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.9%
1,861 residents
15–2913.1%
1,291 residents
30–4415.3%
1,502 residents
45–6428.6%
2,818 residents
65 and over24.1%
2,371 residents
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White91.4%
8,997 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.1%
507 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.1%
206 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
91 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.5%
45 residents
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.6%
3,972 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.5%
1,136 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.2%
1,032 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications10%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications6.4%
499 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
254 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.1%
4,400 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.2%
3,316 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
133 residents aged 16 and over
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.4%
2,229 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.1%
2,050 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.3%
962 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.6%
753 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations6.4%
505 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.2%
485 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
352 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations3.9%
309 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.6%
203 residents aged 16 and over
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.8%
5,690 residents
Good health30.1%
2,961 residents
Fair health8.9%
876 residents
Bad health2.6%
258 residents
Very bad health0.6%
62 residents
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act87.1%
8,577 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act12.9%
1,267 residents
Dorridge · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension60.8%
2,421 households
Household is deprived in one dimension30.3%
1,204 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.5%
299 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.2%
48 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
8 households
Dorridge · 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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