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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006770

Kidderminster Town

Kidderminster Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,382 residents in Wyre Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

8,382

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,815

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,581.7

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

43.2%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.2%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

22.4%

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.

Haverfordwest North, Pembrokeshire6,707 residents · 46.5% owned · 30.6% no carRushden East, North Northamptonshire9,357 residents · 50.9% owned · 23.8% no carEllesmere Port Town & Rossmore, Cheshire West and Chester11,017 residents · 41.2% owned · 31.2% no carSittingbourne Central & Milton Regis, Swale8,821 residents · 45.4% owned · 33.5% no carHucknall Town, Ashfield9,301 residents · 54.0% owned · 31.7% no carDover West, Dover9,157 residents · 44.3% owned · 36.1% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Kidderminster Town

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

Tenure

Owned43.2%
1,647 households
Private rented28.6%
1,092 households
Social rented27.3%
1,041 households
Shared ownership0.8%
31 households
Lives rent free0.1%
4 households
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached30.6%
1,165 households
Terraced26.4%
1,006 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement25.4%
969 households
Detached9.7%
370 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3%
116 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.7%
104 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse2%
77 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.1%
1,604 households
No cars or vans in household30.2%
1,152 households
2 cars or vans in household21.1%
806 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.5%
249 households
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.7%
1,439 households
2 bedrooms32.2%
1,228 households
1 bedroom19.4%
738 households
4 or more bedrooms10.7%
407 households
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household56.6%
2,156 households
One-person household38.5%
1,467 households
Other household types4.9%
187 households
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household38.5%
1,469 households
2 people in household30%
1,144 households
3 people in household15.1%
574 households
4 people in household10.6%
404 households
5 people in household3.7%
140 households
6 people in household1.4%
53 households
7 people in household0.5%
19 households
8 or more people in household0.3%
10 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.1%
1,688 residents
15–2920.2%
1,690 residents
30–4422.2%
1,860 residents
45–6424.2%
2,028 residents
65 and over13.3%
1,114 residents
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White89.2%
7,483 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh7.3%
608 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.2%
187 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.8%
63 residents
Other ethnic group0.5%
45 residents
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications23.6%
1,554 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above22.4%
1,472 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,124 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications16.5%
1,085 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
768 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.8%
384 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3%
197 residents aged 16 and over
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.8%
4,001 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.9%
2,429 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
152 residents aged 16 and over
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations18%
1,186 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations16.9%
1,115 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations14.5%
954 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed11.1%
732 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
621 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.2%
606 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations7.4%
487 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.2%
477 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
404 residents aged 16 and over
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health43.9%
3,679 residents
Good health34.2%
2,862 residents
Fair health15.4%
1,289 residents
Bad health5.1%
428 residents
Very bad health1.4%
120 residents
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act79.1%
6,632 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act20.9%
1,748 residents
Kidderminster Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension40.1%
1,530 households
Household is deprived in one dimension34%
1,296 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions18.7%
713 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions6.8%
260 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
13 households
Kidderminster Town · 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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