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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006726

Southcrest

Southcrest is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,368 residents in Redditch. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,368

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,642

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,418.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

63.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

25.1%

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.

Haverhill North, West Suffolk7,730 residents · 62.0% owned · 19.2% no carHaverhill East & South, West Suffolk11,154 residents · 57.4% owned · 20.7% no carPodsmead & Linden, Gloucester9,145 residents · 61.2% owned · 22.1% no carWaterlooville East, Havant5,376 residents · 60.1% owned · 16.7% no carGaywood Chase & Old Gaywood, King's Lynn and West Norfolk7,359 residents · 59.7% owned · 23.1% no carPatchway, South Gloucestershire7,920 residents · 67.5% owned · 18.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Southcrest

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

Tenure

Owned63%
1,664 households
Private rented22.7%
599 households
Social rented13.8%
364 households
Shared ownership0.4%
11 households
Lives rent free0.2%
4 households
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached29.4%
777 households
Terraced25%
660 households
Detached21.5%
569 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement18.3%
483 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits4.2%
110 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.2%
31 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
10 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
1 households
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,153 households
2 cars or vans in household26.5%
700 households
No cars or vans in household20%
527 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.8%
258 households
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms48.8%
1,287 households
4 or more bedrooms21%
554 households
1 bedroom16.1%
424 households
2 bedrooms14.2%
374 households
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.5%
1,621 households
One-person household30.8%
811 households
Other household types7.8%
205 households
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household31.2%
824 households
1 person in household30.7%
811 households
3 people in household17.6%
464 households
4 people in household12.1%
320 households
5 people in household5.8%
152 households
6 people in household1.6%
43 households
7 people in household0.6%
15 households
8 or more people in household0.4%
11 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%
1,090 residents
15–2919.1%
1,217 residents
30–4421.3%
1,360 residents
45–6425.3%
1,612 residents
65 and over17.1%
1,092 residents
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White81.5%
5,190 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh13%
825 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
168 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
94 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%
91 residents
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above25.1%
1,303 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications22.5%
1,171 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.4%
854 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.8%
772 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.2%
637 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.4%
280 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
184 residents aged 16 and over
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)63.4%
3,299 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive34.9%
1,813 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.7%
89 residents aged 16 and over
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17.2%
895 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations16.5%
857 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations15.9%
828 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations11%
571 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations9.2%
478 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.1%
473 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed8.7%
454 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.5%
390 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.9%
255 residents aged 16 and over
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.5%
2,962 residents
Good health34.7%
2,209 residents
Fair health13.6%
868 residents
Bad health4.3%
273 residents
Very bad health0.9%
56 residents
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act82.7%
5,266 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act17.3%
1,102 residents
Southcrest · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension44.7%
1,179 households
Household is deprived in one dimension35.5%
937 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions15.4%
407 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions4.1%
107 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
10 households
Southcrest · 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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