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Administrative Areas

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

Demographics

Area Type
Rural town and fringe
Households
134
Population
322
Males
53%
Females
47%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚B94 6PG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
33
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
19
C2 Skilled manual workers
15
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
11

Age Groups

Population
322
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
56%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
263
Single
54
Married
153
Separated
9
Divorced
24
Widowed
23

Health

Population
322
Very good
168
Good
94
Fair
44
Bad
12
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
263
England❚B94 6PG❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
32
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
28
Apprenticeship
94
Other qualifications
9
No qualifications
65

Ethnicity

Population
322
White British
294
White Irish
4
White Other
2
Mixed Asian
3
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
9
Asian Pakistani
5
Black Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
322
England
295
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
8
Wales
2
Ireland
1
Germany
1
Italy
1
South Africa
1
India
3
Pakistan
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
322
Christian
247
Buddhist
1
Hindu
7
Muslim
15
No religion
38
Not stated
14

Industry

Population
145
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
2
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
15
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
222
England❚B94 6PG❚
Full-Time employee
72
Part-Time employee
29
Self employed
41
Unemployed
7
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
13
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - never worked
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
54
Owned with mortgage
45
Rented - council
22
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
10
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
137
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
3
Detached
74
Semi detached
48
Terraced
10
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
34
Two people
50
Three people
21
Four people
22
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

B94 6QG B94 6QT B94 6QH B94 6QL B94 6QJ B94 6QN B94 6QS B94 6NJ B94 6NL B94 6PQ B94 6BB B94 6QP B94 6QR B94 6NY B94 6NG B94 6PE B94 6NZ B94 6PH B94 6PJ

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