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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002110

Brownhills West & Clayhanger

Brownhills West & Clayhanger is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,024 residents in Walsall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Walsall
7,024

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,831

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,396

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

67.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

14.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.1%

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.

Bedworth Heath, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,744 residents · 74.7% owned · 16.6% no carWestbury North & West, Wiltshire7,841 residents · 67.0% owned · 11.9% no carBurntwood West, Lichfield9,774 residents · 71.1% owned · 14.4% no carMinster South, Swale10,856 residents · 69.6% owned · 12.8% no carGreat Cornard, Babergh9,950 residents · 66.2% owned · 14.0% no carCoppull, Chorley8,300 residents · 72.7% owned · 14.6% no car

Most similar within Walsall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Walsall Wood, Walsall6,402 residents · 64.0% owned · 19.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brownhills West & Clayhanger

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

Tenure

Owned67.6%
1,915 households
Social rented18.1%
511 households
Private rented12.5%
353 households
Shared ownership1.7%
49 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached47%
1,329 households
Detached27.3%
774 households
Terraced16.3%
462 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.2%
204 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
34 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
14 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.2%
1,111 households
2 cars or vans in household33.2%
941 households
No cars or vans in household14.7%
417 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.8%
362 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms54.1%
1,530 households
2 bedrooms23.2%
656 households
4 or more bedrooms17.1%
484 households
1 bedroom5.7%
160 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.2%
1,958 households
One-person household26%
735 households
Other household types4.8%
137 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.2%
996 households
1 person in household25.9%
734 households
3 people in household17.1%
484 households
4 people in household14%
397 households
5 people in household5.1%
143 households
6 people in household1.8%
51 households
7 people in household0.6%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
8 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.5%
1,301 residents
15–2917.3%
1,212 residents
30–4418.6%
1,307 residents
45–6429%
2,033 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,168 residents
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White92.6%
6,505 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.8%
200 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2%
142 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.6%
114 residents
Other ethnic group0.9%
65 residents
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications22.3%
1,254 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.1%
1,247 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications19.7%
1,112 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.5%
875 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
640 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
331 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.1%
175 residents aged 16 and over
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.1%
3,499 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.3%
2,044 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
92 residents aged 16 and over
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.6%
1,049 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.7%
885 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
829 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
676 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.4%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.5%
476 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed7.7%
436 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.8%
385 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
313 residents aged 16 and over
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.4%
3,190 residents
Good health34.3%
2,407 residents
Fair health14.3%
1,004 residents
Bad health4.7%
327 residents
Very bad health1.4%
96 residents
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5%
5,656 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.5%
1,367 residents
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension45.6%
1,291 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.8%
958 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.9%
450 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
126 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Brownhills West & Clayhanger · 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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