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Administrative Areas

Ward
Handsworth Wood
Local Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham, Perry Barr
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
157
Population
477
Males
47%
Females
53%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
125
England❚B20 2JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
28

Age Groups

Population
477
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
21%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
376
Single
122
Married
207
Civil partnership
2
Separated
10
Divorced
15
Widowed
20

Health

Population
477
Very good
213
Good
183
Fair
61
Bad
16
Very bad
15

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
376
England❚B20 2JU❚
Degree or above
48
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
57
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
51
Apprenticeship
120
Other qualifications
29
No qualifications
62

Ethnicity

Population
477
White British
103
White Irish
8
White Other
10
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Other
4
Asian Indian
190
Asian Pakistani
37
Asian Bangladeshi
12
Asian Chinese
6
Asian Other
27
Black African
3
Black Caribbean
48
Black Other
14
Other
8

Country of Birth

Population
477
England
336
Scotland
4
Ireland
7
Italy
2
Poland
7
Kenya
9
Somalia
2
South Africa
1
China
2
Bangladesh
4
India
72
Pakistan
10
North America - Other
1
Carribean
12

Religion

Population
477
Christian
161
Buddhist
4
Hindu
71
Muslim
53
Sikh
118
Other
17
No religion
36
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
220
Manufacturing
15
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
19
Education
31
Human health and social work
32

Economic Activity

Population
353
England❚B20 2JU❚
Full-Time employee
130
Part-Time employee
41
Self employed
38
Unemployed
24
Retired
35
Looking after home/family
14
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
48
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
157
Owned outright
58
Owned with mortgage
70
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
24
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
159
Occupied
157
Unoccupied
2
Detached
48
Semi detached
99
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
4

Household Size

All categoies
157
One person
32
Two people
35
Three people
33
Four people
26
Five people
21
Six people
7
Seven people
2
Eight or over
1

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019