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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006767

Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown

Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,581 residents in Wyre Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

9,581

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,082

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

128.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

74.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

32.0%

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.

Charing, Pluckley & Challock, Ashford8,191 residents · 74.9% owned · 7.8% no carCongresbury & Kewstoke, North Somerset7,362 residents · 78.2% owned · 8.9% no carScarisbrick, Halsall & Haskayne, West Lancashire7,506 residents · 80.8% owned · 7.9% no carBrewood & Wheaton Aston, South Staffordshire7,328 residents · 74.2% owned · 9.2% no carUpton-upon-Severn, Welland & Eldersfield, Malvern Hills7,250 residents · 71.3% owned · 8.4% no carYalding & Farleigh, Maidstone6,970 residents · 78.2% owned · 9.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown

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

Tenure

Owned74.4%
3,035 households
Social rented14.2%
580 households
Private rented10.4%
425 households
Shared ownership0.8%
34 households
Lives rent free0.2%
8 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached38.2%
1,558 households
Detached37.8%
1,542 households
Terraced10.4%
424 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.8%
235 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure5.2%
214 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
45 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
43 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
21 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household36%
1,469 households
2 cars or vans in household35.6%
1,454 households
3 or more cars or vans in household18.6%
759 households
No cars or vans in household9.8%
400 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms36.6%
1,495 households
4 or more bedrooms30.3%
1,237 households
2 bedrooms23.8%
970 households
1 bedroom9.3%
380 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household66.9%
2,729 households
One-person household28.4%
1,160 households
Other household types4.7%
193 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household39.7%
1,623 households
1 person in household28.4%
1,160 households
3 people in household14.3%
585 households
4 people in household12.6%
514 households
5 people in household3.7%
153 households
6 people in household0.8%
31 households
7 people in household0.3%
14 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1514.9%
1,429 residents
15–2913.8%
1,325 residents
30–4414.2%
1,364 residents
45–6429.2%
2,802 residents
65 and over27.8%
2,661 residents
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White94.4%
9,044 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh3.6%
342 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.3%
128 residents
Other ethnic group0.4%
42 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
28 residents
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above32%
2,571 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications20.3%
1,627 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.4%
1,312 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications14.3%
1,147 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%
711 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.9%
472 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.3%
182 residents aged 16 and over
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)53.7%
4,305 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive44.7%
3,588 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
128 residents aged 16 and over
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.6%
1,736 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations16%
1,287 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers15.2%
1,220 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations10.9%
871 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.8%
788 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.4%
754 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed6.8%
542 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.6%
451 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
374 residents aged 16 and over
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.5%
4,454 residents
Good health34.5%
3,302 residents
Fair health13.3%
1,278 residents
Bad health4.4%
420 residents
Very bad health1.3%
127 residents
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.3%
7,787 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.7%
1,794 residents
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension48.5%
1,979 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34.3%
1,400 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.9%
566 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions3.2%
131 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
7 households
Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown · 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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