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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
134
Population
456
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
106
England❚B21 8JU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
14
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
23
C2 Skilled manual workers
26
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
43

Age Groups

Population
456
Under 16
22%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
12%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
17%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
24%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
356
Single
106
Married
196
Separated
12
Divorced
22
Widowed
20

Health

Population
456
Very good
197
Good
172
Fair
61
Bad
17
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
356
England❚B21 8JU❚
Degree or above
35
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
48
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
34
Apprenticeship
84
Other qualifications
55
No qualifications
92

Ethnicity

Population
456
White British
50
White Irish
2
White Other
50
Mixed Black Caribbean
13
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
214
Asian Pakistani
22
Asian Bangladeshi
14
Asian Other
25
Black African
1
Black Caribbean
38
Black Other
5
Other
19

Country of Birth

Population
456
England
269
Nortern Ireland
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Poland
32
Kenya
4
Somalia
2
South Africa
1
Middle East
2
Bangladesh
6
India
96
Pakistan
8
Carribean
14
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
456
Christian
123
Hindu
32
Muslim
46
Sikh
178
Other
24
No religion
22
Not stated
31

Industry

Population
210
Manufacturing
34
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
30
Transport and storage
14
Accommodation and food
18
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
6
Administrative and support
14
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
13
Education
22
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
333
England❚B21 8JU❚
Full-Time employee
138
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
22
Unemployed
25
Retired
33
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
17
Student
26
Unemployed 16 - 24
7
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
6
Unemployed - Long term
9

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
50
Owned with mortgage
63
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
18
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
139
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
5
Detached
6
Semi detached
123
Terraced
7
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
19
Two people
25
Three people
22
Four people
34
Five people
22
Six people
9
Seven people
3

Nearby postcodes

B21 8HL B21 8JT B21 8HH B21 8HJ B21 8HT 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