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Administrative Areas

Ward
St Matthew's
Local Authority
Walsall
Constituency
Walsall South
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
245
Population
437
Males
56%
Females
44%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
234
England❚WS2 9LW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
46
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
73
C2 Skilled manual workers
46
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
69

Age Groups

Population
437
Under 16
13%
16 - 64
84%
65 or over
3%
Under 4
7%
5 - 15
6%
16 - 29
42%
30 - 44
28%
45 - 59
12%
60 - 74
3%
75 or over
1%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
379
Single
236
Married
87
Civil partnership
4
Separated
19
Divorced
30
Widowed
3

Health

Population
437
Very good
200
Good
166
Fair
44
Bad
16
Very bad
30

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
379
England❚WS2 9LW❚
Degree or above
55
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
72
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
53
Apprenticeship
106
Other qualifications
27
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
437
White British
201
White Irish
1
White Gypsy
5
White Other
38
Mixed Black Caribbean
35
Mixed Black African
2
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Indian
38
Asian Pakistani
32
Asian Bangladeshi
12
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
26
Black African
10
Black Caribbean
8
Black Other
11
Arab
1
Other
7

Country of Birth

Population
437
England
303
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
3
France
4
Germany
2
Lithuania
2
Poland
16
Romania
1
Somalia
2
South Africa
5
Zimbabwe
1
Middle East
6
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
4
India
19
Pakistan
21
Sri Lanka
5
Philippines
8
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
437
Christian
188
Buddhist
12
Hindu
13
Muslim
60
Sikh
11
Other
6
No religion
123
Not stated
24

Industry

Population
250
Manufacturing
32
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
2
Water supply and waste management
9
Construction
7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
60
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
11
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
9
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
12
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
16
Human health and social work
42

Economic Activity

Population
376
England❚WS2 9LW❚
Full-Time employee
185
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
19
Unemployed
37
Retired
7
Looking after home/family
18
Long-term sick/disabled
26
Student
33
Unemployed 16 - 24
10
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
16

Housing Tenure

All categoies
245
Owned outright
8
Owned with mortgage
27
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
47
Rented - private landlord
147
Rented - other private
8
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
291
Occupied
245
Unoccupied
46
Detached
3
Semi detached
30
Terraced
41
Flat - purpose built
205
Flat - converted
4
Flat - in commerical building
7
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
245
One person
122
Two people
87
Three people
12
Four people
15
Five people
9

Nearby postcodes

WS2 9SR WS2 9PX WS2 9PJ WS2 9PP WS2 8RE WS2 9PW WS2 9PL

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