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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002164

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,743 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
6,743

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,361

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,384.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

22.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

50.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

23.9%

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 East, Birmingham9,148 residents · 40.4% owned · 37.5% no carHillfields, Coventry13,439 residents · 22.2% owned · 50.0% no carNewtown & Nicholstown, Southampton11,609 residents · 22.4% owned · 48.8% no carHyson Green, Nottingham8,642 residents · 24.6% owned · 54.1% no carWinson Green & Gib Heath, Birmingham11,386 residents · 30.9% owned · 47.5% no carNaul's Mill & Bishopsgate Green, Coventry10,015 residents · 28.7% owned · 45.7% no car

Most similar within Wolverhampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Wolverhampton Central, Wolverhampton11,532 residents · 29.1% owned · 48.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Waterloo Road

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

Tenure

Social rented41.7%
985 households
Private rented35.2%
831 households
Owned22.3%
527 households
Lives rent free0.4%
10 households
Shared ownership0.3%
8 households
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement31.3%
739 households
Terraced29.3%
692 households
Semi-detached22.4%
530 households
Detached9.1%
214 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits5.5%
130 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.4%
34 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.9%
22 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household50.1%
1,183 households
1 car or van in household34.7%
820 households
2 cars or vans in household11.3%
266 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.9%
93 households
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms34.2%
808 households
2 bedrooms25.3%
598 households
1 bedroom24.8%
585 households
4 or more bedrooms15.6%
369 households
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household47.3%
1,117 households
One-person household38%
898 households
Other household types14.7%
346 households
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38%
897 households
2 people in household20.4%
481 households
3 people in household13.2%
311 households
4 people in household11.5%
271 households
5 people in household9.8%
232 households
6 people in household5%
118 households
7 people in household1.5%
35 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
15 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.5%
1,382 residents
15–2929.9%
2,016 residents
30–4423.7%
1,599 residents
45–6418.8%
1,267 residents
65 and over7.1%
480 residents
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White34.9%
2,350 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh30.6%
2,065 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African20.1%
1,357 residents
Other ethnic group9.2%
620 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
350 residents
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.2%
1,545 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above23.9%
1,263 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.2%
855 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
618 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications10.3%
544 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications4.9%
261 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.9%
204 residents aged 16 and over
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)46.7%
2,467 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.7%
2,312 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student9.6%
509 residents aged 16 and over
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students22.7%
1,203 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed20.7%
1,094 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations20.4%
1,081 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.9%
577 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
404 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
392 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations4.6%
241 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.3%
173 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations2.4%
126 residents aged 16 and over
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.7%
3,152 residents
Good health34.9%
2,356 residents
Fair health12.9%
868 residents
Bad health4.5%
303 residents
Very bad health0.9%
64 residents
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
5,771 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
972 residents
Waterloo Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension41.4%
976 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension28.6%
674 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions22.1%
521 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.5%
176 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.6%
13 households
Waterloo Road · 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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