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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02006944

Smethwick South East

Smethwick South East is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,075 residents in Sandwell. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Sandwell
8,075

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,357

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

11,612

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

41.0%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

37.8%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

26.0%

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.

Loxford Park, Redbridge7,395 residents · 36.7% owned · 38.9% no carWallend South, Newham9,204 residents · 35.7% owned · 42.4% no carFoleshill West, Coventry7,355 residents · 41.4% owned · 34.3% no carHandsworth West, Birmingham8,471 residents · 44.5% owned · 40.4% no carLittle Ilford West, Newham7,297 residents · 32.3% owned · 47.3% no carNormanton North & Peartree, Derby8,956 residents · 50.6% owned · 35.8% no car

Most similar within Sandwell

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Smethwick North & West, Sandwell14,169 residents · 50.1% owned · 32.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Smethwick South East

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

Tenure

Owned41%
967 households
Private rented39.2%
924 households
Social rented18.8%
444 households
Lives rent free0.5%
12 households
Shared ownership0.4%
10 households
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced44.4%
1,045 households
Semi-detached24.4%
575 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement17.1%
404 households
Detached10.1%
238 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop2.5%
58 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
9 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.8%
937 households
No cars or vans in household37.8%
891 households
2 cars or vans in household16.9%
398 households
3 or more cars or vans in household5.6%
131 households
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms44.5%
1,050 households
2 bedrooms32.4%
763 households
4 or more bedrooms17.7%
417 households
1 bedroom5.4%
128 households
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
1,504 households
One-person household19.8%
466 households
Other household types16.4%
386 households
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household19.8%
466 households
4 people in household18.9%
445 households
2 people in household18.8%
442 households
3 people in household16.8%
395 households
5 people in household12%
284 households
6 people in household6.5%
154 households
8 or more people in household3.7%
87 households
7 people in household3.6%
84 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1527.8%
2,245 residents
15–2922.6%
1,822 residents
30–4424.9%
2,014 residents
45–6419.4%
1,564 residents
65 and over5.3%
428 residents
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh52.9%
4,267 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African19.9%
1,609 residents
White14.3%
1,150 residents
Other ethnic group9.3%
753 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.6%
291 residents
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications29.6%
1,686 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above26%
1,481 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.7%
782 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications11.9%
675 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.1%
632 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications5%
284 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.7%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)55%
3,131 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive40.9%
2,329 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student4.2%
237 residents aged 16 and over
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed22.4%
1,277 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations17%
970 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14.1%
803 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
637 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations10.8%
618 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.4%
479 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations7.2%
410 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations4.4%
252 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
251 residents aged 16 and over
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health51.5%
4,159 residents
Good health32.4%
2,615 residents
Fair health11.6%
936 residents
Bad health3.1%
249 residents
Very bad health1.4%
116 residents
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act88.9%
7,180 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act11.1%
895 residents
Smethwick South East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension37.6%
886 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension36.2%
853 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions17.9%
421 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8%
189 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Smethwick South 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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