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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002143

Palfrey

Palfrey is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,264 residents in Walsall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Walsall
10,264

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,131

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

6,242.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

47.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

34.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

20.3%

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.

Deeplish, Rochdale10,296 residents · 46.8% owned · 34.3% no carDewsbury Moor Lower & Westtown, Kirklees7,039 residents · 54.8% owned · 27.7% no carLittle Harwood, Blackburn with Darwen9,637 residents · 56.9% owned · 26.5% no carWardleworth & Newbold Brow, Rochdale10,362 residents · 49.2% owned · 33.3% no carAudley, Blackburn with Darwen8,576 residents · 51.2% owned · 33.0% no carBowling Park, Bradford7,073 residents · 51.9% owned · 37.9% no car

Most similar within Walsall

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Pleck, Walsall8,555 residents · 45.7% owned · 33.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Palfrey

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

Tenure

Owned47%
1,471 households
Private rented28.2%
882 households
Social rented24.2%
757 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0.3%
9 households
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced46.4%
1,451 households
Semi-detached30.1%
942 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.3%
355 households
Detached9%
281 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.9%
60 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.9%
28 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.7%
1,304 households
No cars or vans in household34.2%
1,072 households
2 cars or vans in household18%
562 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.1%
192 households
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms49.9%
1,562 households
2 bedrooms25.8%
807 households
4 or more bedrooms15.6%
487 households
1 bedroom8.7%
273 households
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.5%
2,049 households
One-person household22.2%
695 households
Other household types12.3%
385 households
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household22.2%
695 households
2 people in household20.2%
631 households
4 people in household16.7%
522 households
3 people in household15.1%
472 households
5 people in household12.5%
390 households
6 people in household7.5%
235 households
7 people in household3.2%
101 households
8 or more people in household2.7%
83 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526.3%
2,701 residents
15–2921.9%
2,244 residents
30–4423.8%
2,443 residents
45–6418.6%
1,914 residents
65 and over9.4%
963 residents
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh70.1%
7,197 residents
White18%
1,845 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.7%
587 residents
Other ethnic group3.7%
381 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.5%
255 residents
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.6%
2,326 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above20.3%
1,497 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
1,056 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.8%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.1%
889 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.7%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive49%
3,605 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)48.2%
3,546 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.9%
210 residents aged 16 and over
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed24.8%
1,828 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.8%
1,160 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12.6%
931 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students12.5%
924 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.2%
678 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.7%
570 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.6%
342 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.6%
266 residents aged 16 and over
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.3%
4,858 residents
Good health32.6%
3,350 residents
Fair health13.5%
1,382 residents
Bad health4.9%
507 residents
Very bad health1.6%
168 residents
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.6%
8,684 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.4%
1,581 residents
Palfrey · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.2%
1,101 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension30.5%
955 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.6%
771 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions9.1%
286 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.5%
16 households
Palfrey · 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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