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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02002947

Brookside

Brookside is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,130 residents in Telford and Wrekin. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Telford and Wrekin
7,130

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,752

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,665

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

51.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.5%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

18.8%

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.

Rede Common, Medway6,492 residents · 57.0% owned · 23.6% no carWillenhall Park, Walsall9,235 residents · 50.6% owned · 27.4% no carStockingford, Nuneaton and Bedworth7,317 residents · 61.2% owned · 21.6% no carHampden Park North, Eastbourne7,686 residents · 56.3% owned · 20.8% no carKingshurst, Solihull6,659 residents · 56.1% owned · 27.3% no carBrickhill, North Northamptonshire6,044 residents · 63.7% owned · 20.4% no car

Most similar within Telford and Wrekin

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Hollinswood & Randlay, Telford and Wrekin9,442 residents · 50.4% owned · 25.4% no carWoodside, Telford and Wrekin7,597 residents · 34.9% owned · 31.9% no carDonnington, Telford and Wrekin8,958 residents · 47.3% owned · 22.8% no carSutton Hill, Telford and Wrekin5,853 residents · 47.9% owned · 31.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Brookside

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

Tenure

Owned51.3%
1,411 households
Private rented32%
882 households
Social rented16.4%
451 households
Shared ownership0.2%
6 households
Lives rent free0.1%
2 households
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced39.5%
1,087 households
Detached25.9%
713 households
Semi-detached23%
634 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement10.9%
300 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.4%
11 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
4 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.1%
3 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
2 households
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.7%
1,148 households
No cars or vans in household27.5%
758 households
2 cars or vans in household23.7%
651 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.1%
195 households
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms57.7%
1,588 households
4 or more bedrooms19.8%
544 households
2 bedrooms16.5%
455 households
1 bedroom6%
166 households
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.6%
1,890 households
One-person household24.2%
668 households
Other household types7.2%
197 households
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household35.1%
965 households
1 person in household24.3%
668 households
3 people in household17%
469 households
4 people in household13.2%
362 households
5 people in household6.9%
190 households
6 people in household2.1%
57 households
7 people in household0.9%
25 households
8 or more people in household0.6%
16 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1522.9%
1,636 residents
15–2918.3%
1,302 residents
30–4419.3%
1,378 residents
45–6424.1%
1,717 residents
65 and over15.4%
1,098 residents
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White86.3%
6,156 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African8.3%
593 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.4%
174 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
167 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
43 residents
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications24.5%
1,318 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above18.8%
1,015 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications17%
917 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16%
861 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications14.9%
801 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.2%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
191 residents aged 16 and over
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55.4%
2,985 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.8%
2,303 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
97 residents aged 16 and over
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations21.1%
1,134 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.2%
874 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.4%
720 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.8%
689 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.8%
530 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.4%
398 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.6%
353 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.5%
352 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations6.2%
335 residents aged 16 and over
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health44.9%
3,202 residents
Good health33.8%
2,411 residents
Fair health14.2%
1,012 residents
Bad health5.8%
411 residents
Very bad health1.3%
92 residents
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act78.6%
5,603 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act21.4%
1,526 residents
Brookside · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension37.9%
1,044 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
936 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions20.9%
575 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.8%
187 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
10 households
Brookside · 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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