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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002149

Bushbury

Bushbury is a Census neighbourhood of about 10,087 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
10,087

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,270

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,811.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

66.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

22.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.5%

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.

Handsworth South, Sheffield6,281 residents · 67.6% owned · 23.7% no carWest Coseley, Dudley9,020 residents · 71.6% owned · 19.9% no carRushall, Walsall6,450 residents · 62.9% owned · 21.8% no carCoseley Wallbrook, Dudley8,550 residents · 54.7% owned · 26.9% no carShort Heath West, Walsall6,032 residents · 73.6% owned · 18.5% no carWrockwardine Wood & Trench, Telford and Wrekin6,779 residents · 64.3% owned · 18.3% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bushbury

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

Tenure

Owned66.2%
2,827 households
Social rented21.3%
910 households
Private rented11.8%
505 households
Shared ownership0.4%
18 households
Lives rent free0.2%
10 households
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached62%
2,646 households
Detached17.4%
741 households
Terraced10.5%
448 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement8.8%
375 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household44%
1,877 households
2 cars or vans in household26.1%
1,114 households
No cars or vans in household22.9%
978 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7%
300 households
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms63.7%
2,720 households
2 bedrooms21.5%
919 households
4 or more bedrooms8.6%
369 households
1 bedroom6.1%
261 households
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.4%
2,790 households
One-person household29.5%
1,261 households
Other household types5.1%
217 households
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.4%
1,467 households
1 person in household29.6%
1,263 households
3 people in household16.5%
705 households
4 people in household12.8%
546 households
5 people in household4.7%
202 households
6 people in household1.5%
62 households
7 people in household0.4%
18 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
6 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.8%
1,796 residents
15–2916%
1,616 residents
30–4418.4%
1,857 residents
45–6427%
2,719 residents
65 and over20.8%
2,099 residents
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.5%
8,219 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.3%
636 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.4%
549 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.4%
540 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
144 residents
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications26.8%
2,196 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.5%
1,756 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.9%
1,302 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.4%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11%
904 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6.4%
520 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.9%
241 residents aged 16 and over
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56%
4,582 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42%
3,438 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18.1%
1,485 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations16%
1,313 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.6%
1,031 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.6%
871 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.7%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.9%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.8%
560 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
526 residents aged 16 and over
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health42.1%
4,243 residents
Good health35.6%
3,596 residents
Fair health15%
1,511 residents
Bad health5.8%
587 residents
Very bad health1.5%
150 residents
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.8%
8,047 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.2%
2,040 residents
Bushbury · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.4%
1,723 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.8%
1,529 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.1%
815 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.5%
193 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
Bushbury · 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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