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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002163

Heath Town

Heath Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,875 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
11,875

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,014

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,114.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

28.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

44.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.7%

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.

Meadows, Nottingham7,908 residents · 35.4% owned · 47.2% no carSt Ann's East, Nottingham7,859 residents · 34.7% owned · 47.1% no carOpenshaw & Gorton North, Manchester10,961 residents · 35.0% owned · 43.8% no carBeswick, Eastlands & Openshaw Park, Manchester11,851 residents · 26.0% owned · 42.4% no carBeeston Hill & Hunslet Moor, Leeds6,738 residents · 24.9% owned · 52.5% no carBeeston West & Cottingley, Leeds8,188 residents · 40.9% owned · 41.0% no car

Most similar within Wolverhampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bilston Lunt & Loxdale, Wolverhampton7,793 residents · 39.8% owned · 38.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Heath Town

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

Tenure

Social rented49.5%
2,482 households
Owned28.6%
1,433 households
Private rented20.9%
1,049 households
Shared ownership0.7%
33 households
Lives rent free0.3%
17 households
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement43.7%
2,192 households
Semi-detached26.3%
1,319 households
Terraced21.2%
1,064 households
Detached6.8%
343 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
54 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
25 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
19 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household44%
2,205 households
1 car or van in household39.3%
1,972 households
2 cars or vans in household13.2%
660 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.5%
178 households
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.7%
1,889 households
2 bedrooms35.7%
1,793 households
1 bedroom18.8%
943 households
4 or more bedrooms7.8%
391 households
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household54.5%
2,735 households
One-person household37.9%
1,902 households
Other household types7.6%
380 households
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.9%
1,900 households
2 people in household24.5%
1,228 households
3 people in household16.3%
815 households
4 people in household12%
602 households
5 people in household6.3%
316 households
6 people in household1.8%
89 households
7 people in household0.9%
43 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
22 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523.3%
2,764 residents
15–2918.7%
2,216 residents
30–4424.7%
2,929 residents
45–6422.8%
2,710 residents
65 and over10.6%
1,256 residents
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White49.3%
5,860 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh19.2%
2,282 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.2%
2,281 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups7.1%
844 residents
Other ethnic group5.1%
609 residents
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications27.4%
2,449 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above25.7%
2,298 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
1,187 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications12.7%
1,135 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.5%
1,122 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.3%
382 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.2%
377 residents aged 16 and over
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.7%
5,074 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.1%
3,590 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.2%
284 residents aged 16 and over
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations22.1%
1,978 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.7%
1,587 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14%
1,256 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.4%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
752 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.9%
711 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.6%
594 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.3%
470 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.4%
398 residents aged 16 and over
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
5,654 residents
Good health32.1%
3,810 residents
Fair health13.6%
1,617 residents
Bad health5.3%
631 residents
Very bad health1.4%
163 residents
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.3%
9,774 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.7%
2,101 residents
Heath Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
1,780 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension34.9%
1,753 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.8%
1,092 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.2%
362 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
29 households
Heath Town · 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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