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Administrative Areas

Ward
Birch
Local Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
Households
169
Population
430
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
119
England❚HR2 8RF❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
47
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
36
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
9

Age Groups

Population
430
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
18%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
12%
45 - 59
29%
60 - 74
17%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
341
Single
94
Married
194
Separated
7
Divorced
24
Widowed
22

Health

Population
430
Very good
224
Good
142
Fair
50
Bad
12
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
341
England❚HR2 8RF❚
Degree or above
52
2+ A Levels or equivalent
8
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
52
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
38
Apprenticeship
128
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
56

Ethnicity

Population
430
White British
414
White Irish
1
White Other
6
Mixed Asian
5
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
430
England
336
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
6
Wales
63
Ireland
1
France
1
Germany
2
Spain
1
Poland
1
Kenya
1
South Africa
2
Middle East
2
India
1
Pakistan
1
USA
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
430
Christian
259
Buddhist
3
Muslim
2
Other
9
No religion
115
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
216
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
38
Manufacturing
19
Construction
24
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
9
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
6
Financial and insurance
5
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
29
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
304
England❚HR2 8RF❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
102
Unemployed
4
Retired
46
Looking after home/family
15
Long-term sick/disabled
5
Student
25
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
169
Owned outright
88
Owned with mortgage
56
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
4
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
186
Occupied
169
Unoccupied
17
Detached
144
Semi detached
28
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
4

Household Size

All categoies
169
One person
48
Two people
57
Three people
19
Four people
26
Five people
9
Six people
9
Eight or over
1

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