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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006894

Blakenhall

Blakenhall is a Census neighbourhood of about 14,363 residents in Wolverhampton. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wolverhampton
14,363

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,103

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,723.1

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

38.3%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

24.0%

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.

Pleck, Walsall8,555 residents · 45.7% owned · 33.2% no carMiddlemore, Birmingham9,877 residents · 44.0% owned · 40.5% no carOldbury & Rood End, Sandwell8,258 residents · 48.3% owned · 34.6% no carGreets Green West, Sandwell7,356 residents · 46.8% owned · 33.8% no carFarley Hill & Stockwood Park, Luton11,613 residents · 44.2% owned · 28.8% no carHandsworth West, Birmingham8,471 residents · 44.5% owned · 40.4% no car

Most similar within Wolverhampton

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Whitmore Reans & Dunstall Hill, Wolverhampton7,124 residents · 44.8% owned · 30.6% no carEttingshall, Wolverhampton11,505 residents · 46.4% owned · 30.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Blakenhall

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

Tenure

Owned41.8%
2,132 households
Private rented31.2%
1,591 households
Social rented26.4%
1,347 households
Shared ownership0.4%
20 households
Lives rent free0.3%
13 households
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached42.2%
2,154 households
Terraced29.8%
1,523 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.9%
607 households
Detached11.7%
596 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.3%
117 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.1%
54 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.6%
29 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.5%
24 households
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household40.7%
2,079 households
No cars or vans in household38.3%
1,953 households
2 cars or vans in household16.1%
819 households
3 or more cars or vans in household4.9%
251 households
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms50.2%
2,564 households
2 bedrooms28.3%
1,444 households
4 or more bedrooms11%
562 households
1 bedroom10.5%
534 households
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.4%
3,184 households
One-person household26%
1,329 households
Other household types11.6%
591 households
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household26%
1,329 households
2 people in household25.1%
1,283 households
4 people in household17.3%
882 households
3 people in household17.3%
881 households
5 people in household8.8%
450 households
6 people in household3.5%
178 households
7 people in household1.2%
62 households
8 or more people in household0.8%
39 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1523%
3,308 residents
15–2919.8%
2,842 residents
30–4423.6%
3,387 residents
45–6421.4%
3,069 residents
65 and over12.2%
1,756 residents
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh44.5%
6,394 residents
White29.7%
4,271 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African13.5%
1,940 residents
Other ethnic group7.1%
1,014 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups5.2%
745 residents
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications30.4%
3,300 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above24%
2,613 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.9%
1,401 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.4%
1,237 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications11.2%
1,220 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications6.3%
680 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.8%
418 residents aged 16 and over
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
5,974 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive41.3%
4,493 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student3.7%
402 residents aged 16 and over
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L13 Routine occupations22.6%
2,459 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed19%
2,067 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations13.7%
1,488 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.3%
1,115 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students9.9%
1,073 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.6%
823 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers7.6%
821 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations5.1%
559 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.3%
465 residents aged 16 and over
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health48.1%
6,907 residents
Good health32.9%
4,731 residents
Fair health13.3%
1,908 residents
Bad health4.5%
640 residents
Very bad health1.2%
177 residents
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.4%
12,268 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.6%
2,095 residents
Blakenhall · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension36.5%
1,865 households
Household is deprived in one dimension36.1%
1,845 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions21.3%
1,089 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions5.7%
293 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
14 households
Blakenhall · 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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