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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
117
Population
365
Males
46%
Females
54%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
88
England❚B21 8JQ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
32

Age Groups

Population
365
Under 16
16%
16 - 64
68%
65 or over
16%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
10%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
307
Single
96
Married
170
Separated
10
Divorced
12
Widowed
19

Health

Population
365
Very good
139
Good
139
Fair
64
Bad
19
Very bad
12

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
307
England❚B21 8JQ❚
Degree or above
47
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
37
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
49
Apprenticeship
62
Other qualifications
28
No qualifications
80

Ethnicity

Population
365
White British
57
White Irish
6
White Other
29
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
13
Mixed Other
8
Asian Indian
151
Asian Pakistani
15
Asian Bangladeshi
3
Asian Other
24
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
23
Black Other
13
Other
12

Country of Birth

Population
365
England
225
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
1
Wales
1
Ireland
7
Germany
2
Poland
14
Romania
2
Kenya
5
India
70
Pakistan
8
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
17

Religion

Population
365
Christian
111
Buddhist
1
Hindu
40
Muslim
17
Sikh
115
Other
10
No religion
44
Not stated
27

Industry

Population
163
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
4
Water supply and waste management
4
Construction
3
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
10
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
9
Education
18
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
274
England❚B21 8JQ❚
Full-Time employee
99
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
18
Unemployed
20
Retired
30
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
44
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
3
Unemployed - Long term
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
117
Owned outright
55
Owned with mortgage
42
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
3
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
119
Occupied
117
Unoccupied
2
Detached
8
Semi detached
104
Terraced
6
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
117
One person
22
Two people
25
Three people
26
Four people
20
Five people
11
Six people
11
Seven people
2

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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