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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006724

Redditch Town & Abbeydale

Redditch Town & Abbeydale is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,018 residents in Redditch. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

7,018

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,788

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,263.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

39.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

32.9%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.7%

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.

Willenhall Town, Walsall8,004 residents · 48.3% owned · 29.6% no carGipping & Chantry Park, Ipswich9,397 residents · 40.3% owned · 32.6% no carDixons Green, Dudley8,312 residents · 49.1% owned · 28.2% no carKingsbrook, Bedford10,684 residents · 45.9% owned · 26.8% no carBurton Shobnall, East Staffordshire8,470 residents · 45.0% owned · 31.8% no carGorse Hill, Swindon7,295 residents · 55.6% owned · 29.6% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Redditch Town & Abbeydale

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

Tenure

Owned39%
1,088 households
Private rented30.2%
842 households
Social rented29.7%
829 households
Shared ownership0.6%
16 households
Lives rent free0.5%
13 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced32.7%
911 households
Semi-detached28.5%
795 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.6%
715 households
Detached7.5%
210 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.7%
76 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
36 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
34 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
13 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household41.3%
1,151 households
No cars or vans in household32.9%
916 households
2 cars or vans in household19.8%
553 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6%
168 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms42.6%
1,189 households
2 bedrooms29.4%
821 households
1 bedroom18.2%
507 households
4 or more bedrooms9.8%
272 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.1%
1,623 households
One-person household30.5%
852 households
Other household types11.4%
317 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household30.6%
852 households
2 people in household29.2%
815 households
3 people in household16.6%
464 households
4 people in household12.8%
356 households
5 people in household6.5%
181 households
6 people in household2.6%
73 households
7 people in household1%
28 households
8 or more people in household0.7%
19 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520%
1,407 residents
15–2921.3%
1,495 residents
30–4425.6%
1,796 residents
45–6421.5%
1,506 residents
65 and over11.6%
816 residents
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.1%
4,774 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh24%
1,684 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.3%
228 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African3.1%
215 residents
Other ethnic group1.6%
114 residents
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications28.4%
1,574 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.7%
1,199 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.1%
780 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14%
773 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.8%
711 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.1%
282 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.9%
218 residents aged 16 and over
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.2%
3,446 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive35.8%
1,982 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
109 residents aged 16 and over
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.6%
1,141 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17.8%
983 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations12.8%
709 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.9%
657 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
518 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.8%
486 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.3%
406 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.4%
357 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations5.1%
281 residents aged 16 and over
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.9%
3,080 residents
Good health35.9%
2,517 residents
Fair health14.1%
989 residents
Bad health4.7%
327 residents
Very bad health1.5%
103 residents
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.4%
5,784 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.6%
1,233 residents
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension35.9%
1,002 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension35.9%
1,001 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.9%
610 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.8%
163 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
12 households
Redditch Town & Abbeydale · 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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