Place CheckerOfficial local evidence

Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002152

Bushbury Hill

Bushbury Hill is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,273 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
6,273

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,307

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,687.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

17.6%

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.

Kirby Frith, Leicester8,819 residents · 39.7% owned · 32.4% no carDudley Priory & Wrens Nest, Dudley9,889 residents · 47.4% owned · 24.9% no carAllens Cross, Birmingham7,894 residents · 46.2% owned · 33.3% no carHighfield & New Bury, Bolton8,706 residents · 44.9% owned · 30.0% no carBraunstone Park East, Leicester8,456 residents · 41.6% owned · 34.2% no carSheldon North, Birmingham8,955 residents · 50.5% owned · 31.9% no car

Most similar within Wolverhampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

East Park, Wolverhampton9,408 residents · 43.6% owned · 34.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bushbury Hill

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

Tenure

Owned46.1%
1,064 households
Social rented43.1%
995 households
Private rented9.9%
228 households
Lives rent free0.6%
13 households
Shared ownership0.3%
7 households
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached65.1%
1,501 households
Terraced18.8%
433 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.4%
171 households
Detached7.3%
169 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.8%
18 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
9 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.1%
924 households
No cars or vans in household31.6%
728 households
2 cars or vans in household21.5%
495 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.8%
156 households
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms60.8%
1,401 households
2 bedrooms20.8%
479 households
4 or more bedrooms9.9%
228 households
1 bedroom8.5%
196 households
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household67.8%
1,560 households
One-person household25%
576 households
Other household types7.2%
166 households
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household28.3%
653 households
1 person in household25.1%
578 households
3 people in household20.1%
463 households
4 people in household14.9%
343 households
5 people in household7.1%
163 households
6 people in household2.6%
61 households
7 people in household1.4%
32 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
13 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1524%
1,506 residents
15–2918.3%
1,151 residents
30–4419.9%
1,247 residents
45–6423.8%
1,494 residents
65 and over14%
876 residents
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White76.8%
4,815 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African9.9%
619 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.7%
420 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh5.5%
342 residents
Other ethnic group1.2%
76 residents
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications31.1%
1,453 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above17.6%
824 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16%
747 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.6%
682 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.6%
588 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
235 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.2%
148 residents aged 16 and over
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.1%
2,532 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.8%
2,048 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations19.5%
911 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.4%
813 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.8%
737 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12%
561 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
460 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.1%
378 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.3%
343 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.3%
295 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.8%
179 residents aged 16 and over
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.4%
2,724 residents
Good health32.6%
2,047 residents
Fair health15.9%
998 residents
Bad health6.2%
391 residents
Very bad health1.8%
113 residents
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act77.8%
4,883 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act22.2%
1,390 residents
Bushbury Hill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36%
830 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension33.3%
767 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.4%
494 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.6%
198 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.7%
15 households
Bushbury Hill · 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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