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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002181

Bradley

Bradley is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,435 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
8,435

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,368

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,908.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

50.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

28.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.5%

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.

Woods & Mesty Croft, Sandwell7,812 residents · 60.5% owned · 26.1% no carDarlaston West, Walsall9,109 residents · 47.1% owned · 28.9% no carTibbington, Sandwell9,881 residents · 41.6% owned · 33.6% no carEarlsheaton & Chickenley, Kirklees10,151 residents · 60.6% owned · 25.2% no carBestwood, Nottingham9,433 residents · 44.7% owned · 36.9% no carTredworth, Gloucester8,243 residents · 47.7% owned · 28.9% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Bradley

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

Tenure

Owned50.5%
1,702 households
Social rented34.2%
1,152 households
Private rented14.7%
494 households
Lives rent free0.4%
14 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached44.1%
1,485 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement23%
775 households
Terraced19.8%
667 households
Detached11.8%
396 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
22 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
17 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
5 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.6%
1,402 households
No cars or vans in household28%
944 households
2 cars or vans in household23.6%
795 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.7%
227 households
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms51.3%
1,729 households
2 bedrooms24%
810 households
4 or more bedrooms12.8%
432 households
1 bedroom11.8%
397 households
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household65.1%
2,191 households
One-person household28.7%
965 households
Other household types6.3%
212 households
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household29.3%
988 households
1 person in household28.6%
965 households
3 people in household18.1%
609 households
4 people in household15.2%
512 households
5 people in household5.8%
195 households
6 people in household2%
67 households
7 people in household0.7%
24 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.1%
1,865 residents
15–2919%
1,605 residents
30–4422%
1,854 residents
45–6423.4%
1,975 residents
65 and over13.5%
1,139 residents
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White77%
6,502 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.8%
912 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African6.3%
529 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.5%
382 residents
Other ethnic group1.4%
114 residents
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.4%
1,892 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.5%
1,385 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications15.7%
1,014 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.2%
918 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.5%
742 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5%
323 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
170 residents aged 16 and over
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.8%
3,785 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.1%
2,520 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.1%
137 residents aged 16 and over
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.9%
1,346 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.2%
1,047 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.1%
911 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed13.2%
849 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
632 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers6.9%
444 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.7%
431 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.1%
396 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6%
388 residents aged 16 and over
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.3%
3,740 residents
Good health34.2%
2,886 residents
Fair health14.7%
1,236 residents
Bad health5.4%
452 residents
Very bad health1.4%
122 residents
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.1%
6,844 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.9%
1,591 residents
Bradley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.1%
1,248 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
1,194 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.2%
681 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.9%
234 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
10 households
Bradley · 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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