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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002109

Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath

Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath is a Census neighbourhood of about 12,134 residents in Solihull. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Solihull
12,134

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,049

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

718.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

45.3%

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.

Binfield & Popeswood, Bracknell Forest12,093 residents · 75.0% owned · 6.0% no carHook & Rotherwick, Hart9,658 residents · 74.6% owned · 6.1% no carBow Brickhill & Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes8,744 residents · 71.7% owned · 9.2% no carAmpthill & Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire8,972 residents · 76.5% owned · 10.1% no carBromham & Biddenham, Bedford12,828 residents · 77.8% owned · 7.1% no carWoodley East, Wokingham8,489 residents · 80.4% owned · 7.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath

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

Tenure

Owned74.3%
3,751 households
Private rented16.3%
824 households
Social rented6.3%
319 households
Shared ownership3%
153 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached39.5%
1,993 households
Semi-detached23.5%
1,189 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement20.6%
1,041 households
Terraced14.7%
743 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
32 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.3%
17 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
11 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household40.9%
2,066 households
1 car or van in household39.5%
1,993 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.9%
650 households
No cars or vans in household6.8%
341 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms35.9%
1,812 households
3 bedrooms31.7%
1,600 households
2 bedrooms25.9%
1,309 households
1 bedroom6.5%
329 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.6%
3,515 households
One-person household26.6%
1,344 households
Other household types3.7%
189 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
1,771 households
1 person in household26.6%
1,344 households
3 people in household16.9%
854 households
4 people in household16.2%
818 households
5 people in household3.9%
197 households
6 people in household1%
49 households
7 people in household0.2%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.3%
2,338 residents
15–2917.6%
2,136 residents
30–4422.2%
2,688 residents
45–6425.7%
3,123 residents
65 and over15.2%
1,845 residents
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.5%
10,371 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh9%
1,090 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.5%
427 residents
Other ethnic group1.1%
139 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.9%
104 residents
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above45.3%
4,367 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18%
1,737 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
1,277 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9.7%
937 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.9%
758 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
388 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
173 residents aged 16 and over
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)68.2%
6,567 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive30.3%
2,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.5%
146 residents aged 16 and over
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.4%
2,546 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations23.9%
2,307 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
1,200 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.6%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7%
670 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations5.7%
545 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
529 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.5%
435 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health57.8%
7,016 residents
Good health31.5%
3,818 residents
Fair health8.2%
994 residents
Bad health2%
238 residents
Very bad health0.5%
66 residents
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.2%
10,701 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.8%
1,431 residents
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension65.5%
3,307 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26%
1,312 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.1%
361 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
65 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
5 households
Dickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath · 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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