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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002150

Fordhouses

Fordhouses is a Census neighbourhood of about 5,791 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
5,791

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,260

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,853.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

23.4%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.0%

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.

Bletchley North West, Milton Keynes8,263 residents · 62.1% owned · 20.1% no carTividale, Sandwell12,496 residents · 59.8% owned · 24.9% no carPriory Heath, Ipswich9,651 residents · 53.9% owned · 20.6% no carCroyland, North Northamptonshire8,615 residents · 58.4% owned · 18.3% no carTilehurst South, Reading8,224 residents · 59.5% owned · 24.1% no carFar Bletchley, Milton Keynes7,388 residents · 66.7% owned · 17.7% no car

Most similar within Wolverhampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wood End, Wolverhampton8,302 residents · 67.3% owned · 23.0% no carWednesfield Town, Wolverhampton7,579 residents · 68.3% owned · 20.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Fordhouses

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

Tenure

Owned63%
1,423 households
Social rented21.4%
484 households
Private rented14.7%
332 households
Shared ownership0.7%
15 households
Lives rent free0.3%
6 households
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached56.5%
1,277 households
Detached21.2%
479 households
Terraced10.9%
246 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10%
225 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.8%
19 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
12 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
0 households
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.5%
915 households
2 cars or vans in household26.8%
605 households
No cars or vans in household23.4%
529 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.3%
211 households
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms55.8%
1,262 households
2 bedrooms20.7%
468 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
399 households
1 bedroom5.8%
131 households
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.9%
1,512 households
One-person household26.1%
590 households
Other household types7%
159 households
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.9%
722 households
1 person in household26.1%
590 households
3 people in household18.8%
426 households
4 people in household13.8%
313 households
5 people in household5.6%
127 households
6 people in household2.3%
53 households
7 people in household0.8%
17 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1519.9%
1,149 residents
15–2917.6%
1,019 residents
30–4419.3%
1,115 residents
45–6426.7%
1,548 residents
65 and over16.5%
956 residents
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White72.3%
4,188 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh11.8%
681 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.7%
502 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6%
347 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
73 residents
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25%
1,146 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.6%
1,033 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
775 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.4%
661 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12%
550 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
260 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.3%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.5%
2,681 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39%
1,784 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.5%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
778 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.2%
741 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.5%
662 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12%
550 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed10.9%
500 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.6%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students7.5%
344 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.2%
328 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
283 residents aged 16 and over
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
2,602 residents
Good health34.8%
2,016 residents
Fair health14.2%
825 residents
Bad health4.7%
270 residents
Very bad health1.3%
78 residents
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83%
4,808 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17%
984 residents
Fordhouses · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43%
971 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.4%
822 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions16.3%
369 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
93 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
4 households
Fordhouses · 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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