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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006178

Great Wyrley

Great Wyrley is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,508 residents in South Staffordshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,508

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,227

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,736.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

70.7%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

16.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.0%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Great Wyrley

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

Tenure

Owned70.7%
2,282 households
Social rented18.9%
609 households
Private rented10.2%
328 households
Shared ownership0.2%
7 households
Lives rent free0%
1 households
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached46.8%
1,509 households
Terraced23.6%
763 households
Detached21%
679 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement7.4%
240 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
20 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.3%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.1%
3 households
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.3%
1,267 households
2 cars or vans in household31.4%
1,014 households
No cars or vans in household16%
516 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.3%
429 households
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52.4%
1,691 households
2 bedrooms28.2%
911 households
4 or more bedrooms16.4%
528 households
1 bedroom3%
96 households
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69%
2,228 households
One-person household26.8%
865 households
Other household types4.2%
135 households
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household38.7%
1,248 households
1 person in household26.8%
865 households
3 people in household16.7%
539 households
4 people in household12.4%
401 households
5 people in household3.9%
127 households
6 people in household1.1%
35 households
7 people in household0.1%
4 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.3%
1,074 residents
15–2916.2%
1,214 residents
30–4416.2%
1,216 residents
45–6429.2%
2,190 residents
65 and over24.2%
1,815 residents
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.6%
7,253 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.7%
131 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.4%
108 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.2%
14 residents
Other ethnic group0%
3 residents
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.6%
1,496 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21%
1,332 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications18.2%
1,157 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.7%
997 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.2%
774 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship7.1%
448 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
145 residents aged 16 and over
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.6%
3,596 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.7%
2,645 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
108 residents aged 16 and over
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.5%
1,111 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations15.6%
988 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations14.7%
930 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.5%
793 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers10.5%
666 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.9%
562 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.2%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.7%
300 residents aged 16 and over
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health40.5%
3,044 residents
Good health37.5%
2,814 residents
Fair health15.7%
1,178 residents
Bad health4.9%
365 residents
Very bad health1.4%
107 residents
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.8%
5,988 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.2%
1,520 residents
Great Wyrley · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension43.4%
1,401 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.8%
1,123 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.1%
553 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.4%
142 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
6 households
Great Wyrley · 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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