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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02007039

Greet & Mid Sparkhill

Greet & Mid Sparkhill is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,307 residents in Birmingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Birmingham
8,307

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

2,171

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

5,332.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

55.8%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

31.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

21.9%

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.

Coppice, Oldham8,486 residents · 67.0% owned · 21.3% no carLongsight East, Manchester9,280 residents · 35.5% owned · 35.6% no carThornbury, Bradford9,674 residents · 59.0% owned · 28.9% no carNelson West, Pendle9,518 residents · 57.3% owned · 31.0% no carBrown Royd, Bradford7,845 residents · 46.0% owned · 38.1% no carBarkerend East, Bradford10,842 residents · 53.9% owned · 37.7% no car

Most similar within Birmingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Bordesley, Birmingham15,720 residents · 48.7% owned · 36.0% no carBirchfield East, Birmingham10,398 residents · 51.1% owned · 35.7% no carSparkhill North, Birmingham8,953 residents · 55.8% owned · 34.2% no carSmall Heath Park, Birmingham10,160 residents · 48.3% owned · 38.8% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Greet & Mid Sparkhill

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

Tenure

Owned55.8%
1,211 households
Private rented29.8%
646 households
Social rented13.9%
301 households
Shared ownership0.4%
9 households
Lives rent free0.2%
4 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced60.6%
1,316 households
Semi-detached22.2%
483 households
Detached6.6%
144 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.1%
132 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits2.4%
53 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.8%
39 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
4 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household42.3%
920 households
No cars or vans in household31.6%
686 households
2 cars or vans in household18.9%
410 households
3 or more cars or vans in household7.2%
157 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms46.6%
1,013 households
2 bedrooms24%
521 households
4 or more bedrooms23.7%
514 households
1 bedroom5.8%
125 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household62.5%
1,356 households
Other household types20%
435 households
One-person household17.5%
380 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household17.4%
378 households
2 people in household16.4%
356 households
4 people in household15.6%
338 households
5 people in household15.5%
336 households
3 people in household13.5%
294 households
6 people in household10.6%
231 households
8 or more people in household5.8%
125 households
7 people in household5.2%
112 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1526.1%
2,164 residents
15–2924.6%
2,041 residents
30–4422.3%
1,856 residents
45–6417.8%
1,479 residents
65 and over9.2%
766 residents
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh75.6%
6,276 residents
White10.6%
877 residents
Other ethnic group6.4%
529 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African4.9%
404 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.7%
221 residents
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

No qualifications33.9%
2,035 residents aged 16 and over
Level 4 qualifications or above21.9%
1,312 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications13.7%
819 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.8%
765 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications11.7%
704 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
207 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship2.6%
153 residents aged 16 and over
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically inactive52.4%
3,143 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active (excluding full-time students)45%
2,696 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2.6%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed28.1%
1,687 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students14%
837 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations12.1%
728 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations11.2%
672 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.7%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations8.9%
531 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations8.4%
504 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations3.9%
235 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.6%
216 residents aged 16 and over
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health46.6%
3,870 residents
Good health34.2%
2,837 residents
Fair health13.3%
1,108 residents
Bad health4.4%
367 residents
Very bad health1.5%
123 residents
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.6%
7,110 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act14.4%
1,195 residents
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is deprived in one dimension40.3%
874 households
Household is not deprived in any dimension26.8%
582 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions24.3%
528 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions8.4%
182 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
5 households
Greet & Mid Sparkhill · 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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