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Administrative Areas

Ward
Dorridge and Hockley Heath
Local Authority
Solihull
Constituency
Meriden
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
117
Population
321
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
83
England❚B93 8EZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
9
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
4

Age Groups

Population
321
Under 16
23%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
20%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
22%
60 - 74
16%
75 or over
8%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
246
Single
59
Married
155
Separated
7
Divorced
14
Widowed
11

Health

Population
321
Very good
198
Good
88
Fair
26
Bad
9

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
246
England❚B93 8EZ❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
41
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
Apprenticeship
127
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
26

Ethnicity

Population
321
White British
275
White Irish
5
White Other
18
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
2
Asian Indian
12
Asian Pakistani
3
Black Caribbean
1
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
321
England
279
Scotland
5
Wales
8
Ireland
2
Germany
3
Italy
1
Poland
1
Romania
1
Nigeria
1
South Africa
1
India
3
Pakistan
2
USA
1
North America - Other
3
South America
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
321
Christian
220
Jewish
1
Muslim
5
Sikh
13
No religion
64
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
156
Manufacturing
10
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
5
Construction
8
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
14
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
27
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
17
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
220
England❚B93 8EZ❚
Full-Time employee
75
Part-Time employee
44
Self employed
33
Unemployed
7
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
9
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
19
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
117
Owned outright
43
Owned with mortgage
47
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
3
Rented - private landlord
20
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
125
Occupied
117
Unoccupied
8
Detached
64
Semi detached
27
Flat - purpose built
22
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
11

Household Size

All categoies
117
One person
21
Two people
42
Three people
24
Four people
18
Five people
8
Six people
3
Seven people
1

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