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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006807

Yardley Wood East

Yardley Wood East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,210 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
8,210

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,028

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,680.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.3%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

13.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

36.1%

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.

Shirley West, Solihull6,732 residents · 80.3% owned · 14.0% no carLyndon North, Solihull5,962 residents · 83.6% owned · 12.9% no carHeald Green East, Stockport7,180 residents · 80.2% owned · 12.3% no carTettenhall North, Wolverhampton7,825 residents · 76.3% owned · 15.1% no carWarley South, Sandwell6,570 residents · 77.3% owned · 19.2% no carNew Pudsey, Leeds7,388 residents · 74.3% owned · 15.4% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Kingstanding North, Birmingham5,936 residents · 83.6% owned · 13.2% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Yardley Wood East

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

Tenure

Owned80.3%
2,432 households
Private rented17.2%
521 households
Social rented2%
60 households
Shared ownership0.4%
12 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached68.3%
2,070 households
Detached15.7%
475 households
Terraced8.8%
268 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement5.6%
169 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
32 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.5%
16 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0%
1 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42%
1,273 households
2 cars or vans in household34.6%
1,047 households
No cars or vans in household13.8%
417 households
3 or more cars or vans in household9.6%
292 households
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms65.1%
1,970 households
4 or more bedrooms20.3%
614 households
2 bedrooms11.6%
350 households
1 bedroom3.1%
93 households
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household68.9%
2,086 households
One-person household24.5%
742 households
Other household types6.6%
201 households
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household30.5%
923 households
1 person in household24.5%
742 households
3 people in household16.5%
501 households
4 people in household16.1%
488 households
5 people in household7%
212 households
6 people in household3.4%
103 households
7 people in household1.2%
36 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
25 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1520.2%
1,658 residents
15–2917%
1,398 residents
30–4421.1%
1,730 residents
45–6424.7%
2,028 residents
65 and over17%
1,400 residents
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White55.4%
4,551 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh35.7%
2,931 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.8%
310 residents
Other ethnic group3.1%
252 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2%
167 residents
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above36.1%
2,325 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications17.1%
1,103 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications17%
1,097 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.9%
897 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.6%
617 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4%
257 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
143 residents aged 16 and over
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)58.2%
3,751 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive39.4%
2,540 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.3%
149 residents aged 16 and over
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.2%
1,365 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations14%
899 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.2%
851 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.1%
652 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.9%
636 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed9.3%
599 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations9.1%
583 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students8.4%
544 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.8%
311 residents aged 16 and over
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health50.2%
4,123 residents
Good health33.5%
2,753 residents
Fair health12.1%
995 residents
Bad health3.3%
271 residents
Very bad health0.9%
70 residents
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act84.8%
6,966 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act15.2%
1,244 residents
Yardley Wood East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.3%
1,584 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.5%
985 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions13.3%
403 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.8%
55 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
2 households
Yardley Wood East · 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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