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Administrative Areas

Ward
Merry Hill
Local Authority
Wolverhampton
Constituency
Wolverhampton South West
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban major conurbation
Households
125
Population
342
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
87
England❚WV3 8DR❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
27
C2 Skilled manual workers
28
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
342
Under 16
24%
16 - 64
59%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
18%
16 - 29
14%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
11%
75 or over
9%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
261
Single
79
Married
141
Separated
6
Divorced
8
Widowed
27

Health

Population
342
Very good
171
Good
119
Fair
33
Bad
17
Very bad
8

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
261
England❚WV3 8DR❚
Degree or above
29
2+ A Levels or equivalent
2
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
37
Apprenticeship
73
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
58

Ethnicity

Population
342
White British
276
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Indian
46
Asian Pakistani
1
Asian Other
9

Country of Birth

Population
342
England
319
Wales
3
Germany
1
Romania
1
Kenya
2
India
12
North America - Other
1

Religion

Population
342
Christian
230
Buddhist
2
Hindu
17
Sikh
27
Other
4
No religion
46
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
161
Manufacturing
19
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
14
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
26
Transport and storage
4
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
3
Financial and insurance
1
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
10
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
21
Human health and social work
31

Economic Activity

Population
231
England❚WV3 8DR❚
Full-Time employee
92
Part-Time employee
37
Self employed
29
Unemployed
8
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
11
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
18
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
7

Housing Tenure

All categoies
125
Owned outright
52
Owned with mortgage
59
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
1
Rented - private landlord
11
Rented - other private
1

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
125
Unoccupied
2
Detached
7
Semi detached
119
Terraced
1

Household Size

All categoies
125
One person
27
Two people
37
Three people
18
Four people
31
Five people
10
Six people
1
Seven people
1

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WV3 8EA WV4 4YL WV4 4YX WV3 7LH WV4 4YN WV4 4YS WV4 4YR WV3 8DU WV4 4YU WV3 8DT WV3 8DS WV3 8DJ WV3 8DP WV3 8DW

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