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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002125

Rushall

Rushall is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,450 residents in Walsall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Walsall
6,450

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,745

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,536

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.9%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.0%

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.

Bushbury, Wolverhampton10,087 residents · 66.2% owned · 22.9% no carOakengates & Ketley, Telford and Wrekin10,465 residents · 58.4% owned · 21.1% no carHucknall Westville, Ashfield8,873 residents · 63.0% owned · 21.8% no carKidsgrove West, Newcastle-under-Lyme8,638 residents · 65.5% owned · 18.9% no carGrange Farm & Ladybrook, Mansfield10,684 residents · 65.3% owned · 22.4% no carHandsworth South, Sheffield6,281 residents · 67.6% owned · 23.7% 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 Rushall

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

Tenure

Owned62.9%
1,726 households
Social rented22.5%
617 households
Private rented13.6%
374 households
Shared ownership0.8%
23 households
Lives rent free0.2%
5 households
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached48.5%
1,334 households
Terraced26.5%
729 households
Detached11.8%
324 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.7%
323 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.7%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
18 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
2 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.3%
1,188 households
2 cars or vans in household26.7%
733 households
No cars or vans in household21.8%
598 households
3 or more cars or vans in household8.2%
226 households
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.1%
1,568 households
2 bedrooms23.1%
634 households
4 or more bedrooms10.4%
286 households
1 bedroom9.4%
257 households
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household64.8%
1,780 households
One-person household30.6%
839 households
Other household types4.6%
126 households
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34%
933 households
1 person in household30.6%
839 households
3 people in household16.8%
462 households
4 people in household12%
329 households
5 people in household4.5%
123 households
6 people in household1.5%
42 households
7 people in household0.5%
13 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519%
1,227 residents
15–2917.3%
1,116 residents
30–4420.3%
1,307 residents
45–6425.5%
1,642 residents
65 and over17.9%
1,157 residents
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.7%
5,463 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.2%
402 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.7%
300 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
243 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
41 residents
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.9%
1,277 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23%
1,179 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.8%
965 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
707 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
568 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.5%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)57.8%
2,970 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.8%
2,097 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
67 residents aged 16 and over
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations17.2%
881 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16.8%
863 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.8%
760 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
638 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.7%
497 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.8%
450 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.6%
389 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
372 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.5%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.2%
2,656 residents
Good health35.6%
2,297 residents
Fair health16.3%
1,049 residents
Bad health5.1%
330 residents
Very bad health1.8%
118 residents
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78%
5,029 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22%
1,420 residents
Rushall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.1%
1,099 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.2%
992 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.4%
505 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.2%
144 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
4 households
Rushall · 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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