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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006775

Birchen Coppice

Birchen Coppice is a Census neighbourhood of about 6,098 residents in Wyre Forest. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

6,098

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,528

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,033.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

46.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

27.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

19.7%

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.

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Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Birchen Coppice

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

Tenure

Owned46.4%
1,173 households
Social rented39.6%
1,000 households
Private rented11.8%
298 households
Shared ownership1.9%
49 households
Lives rent free0.3%
8 households
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached55.9%
1,413 households
Terraced16.7%
422 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.4%
363 households
Detached11.3%
285 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
17 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.5%
13 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%
13 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.3%
994 households
No cars or vans in household27.3%
690 households
2 cars or vans in household24.3%
614 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.1%
229 households
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms53.3%
1,347 households
2 bedrooms17.1%
433 households
1 bedroom16.8%
424 households
4 or more bedrooms12.8%
324 households
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household61.2%
1,546 households
One-person household33.2%
840 households
Other household types5.6%
142 households
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household33.2%
839 households
2 people in household29.2%
737 households
3 people in household15.3%
388 households
4 people in household13.6%
345 households
5 people in household5.6%
141 households
6 people in household1.8%
46 households
7 people in household0.8%
20 households
8 or more people in household0.5%
12 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.1%
1,286 residents
15–2918.3%
1,118 residents
30–4419.7%
1,204 residents
45–6424.2%
1,474 residents
65 and over16.6%
1,015 residents
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White96.5%
5,887 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.7%
106 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh1.1%
70 residents
Other ethnic group0.3%
19 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
17 residents
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.3%
1,383 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above19.7%
931 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications15.8%
748 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
674 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications12.7%
602 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship5.7%
268 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.5%
119 residents aged 16 and over
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.3%
2,660 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.4%
2,002 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
61 residents aged 16 and over
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations20.5%
969 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations17%
801 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations13.5%
640 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed12.1%
572 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations9.1%
429 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9%
426 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations7.4%
351 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations6.1%
289 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.2%
247 residents aged 16 and over
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health41.1%
2,506 residents
Good health34.5%
2,106 residents
Fair health16.3%
993 residents
Bad health6.2%
378 residents
Very bad health1.9%
115 residents
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act75.4%
4,599 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act24.6%
1,499 residents
Birchen Coppice · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension35%
884 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.1%
811 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.9%
629 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions7.7%
195 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.4%
10 households
Birchen Coppice · 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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