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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 village
Households
173
Population
417
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
109
England❚HR2 8SD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
19
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
39
C2 Skilled manual workers
38
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
13

Age Groups

Population
417
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
24%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
8%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
342
Single
62
Married
202
Separated
8
Divorced
34
Widowed
36

Health

Population
417
Very good
212
Good
135
Fair
48
Bad
19
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
342
England❚HR2 8SD❚
Degree or above
28
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
50
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
113
Other qualifications
20
No qualifications
79

Ethnicity

Population
417
White British
407
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
2
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
417
England
368
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
29
Ireland
1
Germany
3
Poland
1
Middle East
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
USA
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
417
Christian
277
Buddhist
3
Other
7
No religion
93
Not stated
37

Industry

Population
200
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
20
Mining
1
Manufacturing
20
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
17
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
40
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
11
Administrative and support
11
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
14
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
300
England❚HR2 8SD❚
Full-Time employee
74
Part-Time employee
36
Self employed
85
Unemployed
4
Retired
63
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
14
Unemployed 16 - 24
2
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
173
Owned outright
92
Owned with mortgage
52
Shared ownership
2
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
192
Occupied
173
Unoccupied
19
Detached
135
Semi detached
34
Terraced
5
Flat - purpose built
1
Flat - converted
3
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
12

Household Size

All categoies
173
One person
44
Two people
68
Three people
24
Four people
26
Five people
5
Six people
6

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