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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002146

The Delves

The Delves is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,425 residents in Walsall. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Walsall
6,425

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,179

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,162.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

62.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

21.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.3%

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.

Hall Green East, Birmingham7,077 residents · 63.3% owned · 24.1% no carYardley, Birmingham8,822 residents · 66.2% owned · 25.3% no carScholemoor, Bradford13,334 residents · 64.1% owned · 24.5% no carFairweather Green, Bradford9,234 residents · 56.8% owned · 31.2% no carColchester Road, Leicester8,516 residents · 61.2% owned · 21.7% no carPerry Barr & South Hamstead, Birmingham8,605 residents · 69.4% owned · 22.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in The Delves

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

Tenure

Owned62%
1,352 households
Social rented19.9%
434 households
Private rented17.4%
379 households
Shared ownership0.6%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached68.3%
1,488 households
Terraced12%
262 households
Detached10.3%
225 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.6%
187 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
12 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.1%
2 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
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.5%
882 households
2 cars or vans in household26.9%
586 households
No cars or vans in household21%
457 households
3 or more cars or vans in household11.6%
253 households
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms67.6%
1,472 households
4 or more bedrooms15.9%
347 households
2 bedrooms11.9%
260 households
1 bedroom4.5%
99 households
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.3%
1,424 households
One-person household23.9%
521 households
Other household types10.8%
235 households
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household25.6%
558 households
1 person in household23.8%
519 households
3 people in household17.3%
377 households
4 people in household15.2%
331 households
5 people in household9.3%
203 households
6 people in household5.6%
121 households
7 people in household1.9%
42 households
8 or more people in household1.2%
27 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.9%
1,341 residents
15–2920.2%
1,297 residents
30–4421.2%
1,361 residents
45–6423%
1,479 residents
65 and over14.7%
945 residents
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh46.6%
2,993 residents
White42.1%
2,707 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.6%
293 residents
Other ethnic group3.5%
226 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.2%
206 residents
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.6%
1,323 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24.3%
1,210 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.8%
736 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.5%
721 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.6%
576 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.1%
206 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
198 residents aged 16 and over
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.2%
2,644 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.1%
2,193 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.7%
136 residents aged 16 and over
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations15.7%
779 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed15.2%
756 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.9%
693 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.6%
674 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students11.6%
578 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.4%
468 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.9%
443 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.2%
308 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.5%
271 residents aged 16 and over
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.8%
2,879 residents
Good health34.5%
2,219 residents
Fair health14.5%
931 residents
Bad health4.5%
292 residents
Very bad health1.6%
104 residents
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83%
5,334 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17%
1,092 residents
The Delves · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension39.3%
856 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.7%
756 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.8%
432 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.9%
128 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
The Delves · 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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