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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006215

Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall

Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,849 residents in Staffordshire Moorlands. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,849

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,419

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

177.2

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

84.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

27.9%

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.

Bream, Pillowell & Yorkley, Forest of Dean8,325 residents · 76.1% owned · 8.8% no carKirton in Lindsey & Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire7,038 residents · 74.4% owned · 9.4% no carThorpe Hesley, Rotherham6,666 residents · 76.3% owned · 11.3% no carWarmsworth, Braithwell & Stainton, Doncaster5,917 residents · 74.9% owned · 18.6% no carWorlingham & Barnby, East Suffolk8,486 residents · 77.8% owned · 9.2% no carColtishall, Buxton & Frettenham, Broadland5,497 residents · 73.3% owned · 7.4% no car

Most similar within Staffordshire Moorlands

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Werrington & Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire Moorlands7,738 residents · 89.1% owned · 9.8% no carEndon & Brown Edge, Staffordshire Moorlands6,351 residents · 88.2% owned · 8.5% no carCheadle North, Alton & Kingsley, Staffordshire Moorlands6,525 residents · 76.2% owned · 11.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall

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

Tenure

Owned84.8%
2,900 households
Private rented10.1%
346 households
Social rented4.7%
160 households
Shared ownership0.4%
13 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached51.9%
1,775 households
Detached35.1%
1,201 households
Terraced9.4%
323 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement1.9%
66 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
22 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.6%
20 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household37.9%
1,296 households
2 cars or vans in household36.5%
1,247 households
3 or more cars or vans in household15.8%
539 households
No cars or vans in household9.9%
338 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms52%
1,780 households
2 bedrooms24.6%
841 households
4 or more bedrooms20.1%
686 households
1 bedroom3.3%
113 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household69.6%
2,382 households
One-person household26.2%
896 households
Other household types4.2%
142 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household41.8%
1,430 households
1 person in household26.2%
896 households
3 people in household15.5%
530 households
4 people in household11.7%
399 households
5 people in household3.7%
128 households
6 people in household0.8%
27 households
7 people in household0.2%
7 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1513.2%
1,040 residents
15–2913.6%
1,066 residents
30–4415.2%
1,190 residents
45–6430.3%
2,381 residents
65 and over27.7%
2,173 residents
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White97.6%
7,664 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
85 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups0.9%
70 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
21 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.1%
9 residents
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above27.9%
1,877 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.3%
1,362 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.7%
1,192 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.3%
896 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.8%
661 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship8.4%
563 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.6%
174 residents aged 16 and over
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)54.9%
3,691 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.4%
2,920 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations20.8%
1,398 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers13.1%
883 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations13.1%
878 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.4%
835 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations12%
807 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.5%
708 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.1%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.6%
442 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.4%
295 residents aged 16 and over
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.6%
3,419 residents
Good health37%
2,907 residents
Fair health14.1%
1,109 residents
Bad health4.1%
322 residents
Very bad health1.2%
92 residents
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act80.6%
6,328 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act19.4%
1,521 residents
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension50.8%
1,735 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,162 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.3%
456 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.9%
65 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Blythe Bridge, Forsbrook & Caverswall · 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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