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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002168

Wolverhampton Central

Wolverhampton Central is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,532 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
11,532

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,637

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,768.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

29.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

48.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

29.3%

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.

Huddersfield Leeds Road & Fartown, Kirklees7,223 residents · 33.7% owned · 48.3% no carWalsall Central, Walsall10,861 residents · 29.6% owned · 46.7% no carNaul's Mill & Bishopsgate Green, Coventry10,015 residents · 28.7% owned · 45.7% no carHandsworth East, Birmingham9,148 residents · 40.4% owned · 37.5% no carSouth Riverside, Cardiff7,459 residents · 35.3% owned · 47.6% no carHanley & Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent8,340 residents · 35.4% owned · 41.8% no car

Most similar within Wolverhampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton6,743 residents · 22.3% owned · 50.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wolverhampton Central

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

Tenure

Private rented40.8%
1,894 households
Owned29.1%
1,350 households
Social rented28.7%
1,329 households
Shared ownership0.8%
39 households
Lives rent free0.5%
25 households
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement38.6%
1,790 households
Terraced25.1%
1,166 households
Semi-detached18.8%
874 households
Detached8%
369 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.7%
216 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop3.4%
156 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
61 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
5 households
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

No cars or vans in household48.7%
2,259 households
1 car or van in household37.3%
1,729 households
2 cars or vans in household10.7%
498 households
3 or more cars or vans in household3.3%
151 households
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms33.8%
1,566 households
3 bedrooms30.5%
1,415 households
1 bedroom25.1%
1,165 households
4 or more bedrooms10.6%
491 households
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household48.3%
2,239 households
One-person household42%
1,945 households
Other household types9.7%
451 households
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household42%
1,945 households
2 people in household24.2%
1,121 households
3 people in household13.4%
622 households
4 people in household10.9%
504 households
5 people in household5.5%
256 households
6 people in household2.2%
102 households
7 people in household1.1%
51 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
35 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1518.7%
2,155 residents
15–2927.3%
3,146 residents
30–4422.9%
2,643 residents
45–6421.7%
2,508 residents
65 and over9.4%
1,081 residents
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White40%
4,614 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh30%
3,458 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.1%
2,206 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups6.1%
699 residents
Other ethnic group4.8%
555 residents
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above29.3%
2,714 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications24.4%
2,256 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,580 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.9%
1,106 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
910 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
370 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
326 residents aged 16 and over
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)50.8%
4,703 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.7%
3,861 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student7.5%
698 residents aged 16 and over
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students19%
1,756 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed17.2%
1,589 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.9%
1,563 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.7%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations11.5%
1,061 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
664 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
637 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.8%
533 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4%
374 residents aged 16 and over
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health45.9%
5,293 residents
Good health34.5%
3,982 residents
Fair health13.6%
1,569 residents
Bad health4.7%
540 residents
Very bad health1.3%
148 residents
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.9%
9,556 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.1%
1,976 residents
Wolverhampton Central · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension36.9%
1,709 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35.1%
1,626 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions19.9%
921 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.4%
344 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.8%
37 households
Wolverhampton Central · 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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