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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
126
Population
316
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
98
England❚WV4 4YD❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
3
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
25
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
41

Age Groups

Population
316
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
64%
65 or over
17%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
22%
30 - 44
17%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
13%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
257
Single
94
Married
85
Separated
13
Divorced
34
Widowed
31

Health

Population
316
Very good
119
Good
122
Fair
50
Bad
18
Very bad
34

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
257
England❚WV4 4YD❚
Degree or above
23
2+ A Levels or equivalent
6
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
43
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
50
Apprenticeship
26
Other qualifications
17
No qualifications
92

Ethnicity

Population
316
White British
228
White Irish
5
White Gypsy
1
White Other
2
Mixed Black Caribbean
24
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
13
Asian Pakistani
10
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
8
Asian Other
3
Black Caribbean
15
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
316
England
287
Nortern Ireland
1
Ireland
3
Kenya
2
China
2
Hong Kong
4
Bangladesh
2
India
6
Pakistan
2
Carribean
5

Religion

Population
316
Christian
191
Buddhist
2
Hindu
6
Muslim
11
Sikh
9
Other
2
No religion
77
Not stated
18

Industry

Population
124
Manufacturing
11
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
13
Information and communication
1
Financial and insurance
3
Real estate
6
Professional, scientific and technical
5
Administrative and support
5
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
3
Education
16
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
224
England❚WV4 4YD❚
Full-Time employee
73
Part-Time employee
35
Self employed
9
Unemployed
26
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
12
Student
24
Unemployed 16 - 24
11
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
8
Unemployed - Long term
12

Housing Tenure

All categoies
126
Owned outright
19
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
54
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
13
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
2

Housing Types

All categoies
127
Occupied
126
Unoccupied
1
Detached
6
Semi detached
19
Terraced
65
Flat - purpose built
36
Caravan
1

Household Size

All categoies
126
One person
44
Two people
33
Three people
24
Four people
15
Five people
6
Six people
3
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

WV3 8EA WV4 4YL WV4 4YX WV3 7LH WV4 4YN WV3 8DU WV4 4YU WV3 8DT WV3 8DS WV3 8DR WV3 8DJ WV3 8DP WV3 8DX 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