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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
164
Population
495
Males
52%
Females
48%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚B21 8NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
16
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
31
C2 Skilled manual workers
23
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
51

Age Groups

Population
495
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
66%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
24%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
10%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
401
Single
148
Married
181
Separated
9
Divorced
26
Widowed
37

Health

Population
495
Very good
170
Good
203
Fair
86
Bad
32
Very bad
26

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
401
England❚B21 8NG❚
Degree or above
49
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
54
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
69
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
57
No qualifications
95

Ethnicity

Population
495
White British
25
White Irish
2
White Other
32
Mixed Black Caribbean
8
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
8
Mixed Other
6
Asian Indian
214
Asian Pakistani
21
Asian Bangladeshi
9
Asian Chinese
2
Asian Other
48
Black African
11
Black Caribbean
63
Black Other
13
Other
32

Country of Birth

Population
495
England
256
Scotland
2
Ireland
4
Italy
4
Portugal
2
Poland
13
Nigeria
3
Kenya
9
Somalia
3
South Africa
1
Bangladesh
7
India
118
Pakistan
5
USA
2
North America - Other
1
South America
2
Carribean
35

Religion

Population
495
Christian
120
Buddhist
1
Hindu
49
Muslim
48
Sikh
206
Other
16
No religion
21
Not stated
34

Industry

Population
210
Manufacturing
35
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
35
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
7
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
16
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
16
Human health and social work
25

Economic Activity

Population
362
England❚B21 8NG❚
Full-Time employee
118
Part-Time employee
55
Self employed
25
Unemployed
32
Retired
40
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
16
Student
57
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
5
Unemployed - never worked
5
Unemployed - Long term
13

Housing Tenure

All categoies
164
Owned outright
57
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
27
Rented - private landlord
21
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
172
Occupied
164
Unoccupied
8
Detached
11
Semi detached
75
Terraced
50
Flat - purpose built
34
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
164
One person
49
Two people
23
Three people
31
Four people
27
Five people
18
Six people
10
Seven people
2
Eight or over
4

Nearby postcodes

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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