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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
107
Population
277
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚B21 8HL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
7
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
19
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
35

Age Groups

Population
277
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
67%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
23%
30 - 44
21%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
8%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
216
Single
93
Married
80
Separated
11
Divorced
17
Widowed
15

Health

Population
277
Very good
104
Good
99
Fair
43
Bad
24
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
216
England❚B21 8HL❚
Degree or above
15
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
36
Apprenticeship
30
Other qualifications
26
No qualifications
67

Ethnicity

Population
277
White British
51
White Irish
2
White Other
22
Mixed Black Caribbean
13
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
70
Asian Pakistani
30
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
15
Black African
19
Black Caribbean
35
Black Other
12
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
277
England
172
Nortern Ireland
1
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Portugal
3
Lithuania
1
Poland
14
Somalia
2
Zimbabwe
3
Middle East
2
India
28
Pakistan
14
Carribean
16

Religion

Population
277
Christian
125
Buddhist
2
Hindu
10
Muslim
31
Sikh
44
Other
1
No religion
31
Not stated
33

Industry

Population
101
Manufacturing
9
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
24
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Professional, scientific and technical
2
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
3
Human health and social work
17

Economic Activity

Population
203
England❚B21 8HL❚
Full-Time employee
66
Part-Time employee
20
Self employed
6
Unemployed
18
Retired
13
Looking after home/family
10
Long-term sick/disabled
19
Student
36
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
6
Unemployed - never worked
4
Unemployed - Long term
10

Housing Tenure

All categoies
107
Owned outright
26
Owned with mortgage
22
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
37
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
16
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
112
Occupied
107
Unoccupied
5
Detached
3
Semi detached
51
Terraced
37
Flat - purpose built
20
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
107
One person
37
Two people
24
Three people
16
Four people
17
Five people
7
Six people
5
Eight or over
1

Nearby postcodes

B21 8JS B21 8JN B21 8JU B21 8EX B21 8HS B21 8EU B21 8HR B21 8HP

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