* Source Office of National Statistics Online, http//www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/
The black and minority ethnic population was unevenly distributed across the wards. In
Ward A 57% of the population identify themselves as of black and minority ethnic (BME)
origin (with 41.5% describing themselves as of being of Pakistani origin). In Birmingham
as a whole there is a 29.6% BME population while 92.1% of the population in Ward B is
white, which is closer to the national figure.
Population by Ethnicity (2001 Census)
|
Ward A |
Ward B |
Ward C |
Ward D |
B'ham | |
|
White |
43.0% |
92.1% |
86.1% |
28.9% |
70.4% |
|
Minority ethnic |
57.0% |
7.9% |
13.9% |
71.2% |
29.6% |
|
Mixed |
3.0% |
3.0% |
3.0% |
2.8% |
3.0% |
|
Indian |
1.7% |
0.6% |
1.4% |
3.1% |
4.0% |
|
Pakistani |
41.5% |
0.7% |
4.5% |
50.5% |
11.0% |
|
Bangladeshi |
3.4% |
0.2% |
0.3% |
6.2% |
2.0% |
|
Other Asian |
1.6% |
0.1% |
0.2% |
2.4% |
1.0% |
|
Black |
4.1% |
3.0% |
3.5% |
3.6% |
5.0% |
|
Black African |
0.4% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
0.8% |
0.6% |
|
Other Black |
0.4% |
0.5% |
0.2% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
|
Chinese/Other |
0.8% |
0.2% |
2.6% |
1.2% |
1.0% |
* Source Office of National Statistics Online, http//www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/
A high proportion of households are in the socio-economic classes 6-8. For example,
25.9% of working age residents in Ward A have never worked or are long term
unemployed.
Socio-economic Status of Hodge Hill Constituency Residents (~Household Reference
Persons) aged 16-74, Percentages % (2001 Census)
|
Ward |
Ward |
Ward |
Ward |
B'ham | |
|
1. Large employer and higher managerial | |||||
|
occupations |
1.0% |
1.4% |
1.7% |
1.0% |
2.2% |
|
2. Higher professional occupations |
1.3% |
1.3% |
2.3% |
1.9% |
4.2% |
|
3. Lower managerial & professional occupations |
5.9% |
10.8% |
12.6% |
7.2% |
14.7% |
|
4. Intermediate occupations |
4.8% |
8.6% |
9.5% |
5.4% |
8.5% |
|
5. Small employers and own account workers |
4.4% |
3.7% |
4.6% |
5.3% |
4.8% |
|
6. Lower supervisory and technical occupations |
4.9% |
9.1% |
8.5% |
5.0% |
6.5% |
|
7. Semi-routine occupations |
13.7% |
17.0% |
15.4% |
13.1% |
12.7% |
|
8. Routine occupations |
10.9% |
14.2% |
12.5% |
10.3% |
9.5% |
|
9. Never worked or long term unemployed |
25.9% |
7.4% |
7.9% |
22.5% |
9.3% |
|
10. Full time students |
10.5% |
4.4% |
5.6% |
11.6% |
10.1% |
|
11. Not classified___________________________________ |
16.8% |
22.3% |
19.4% |
16.7% |
17.5% |
* Source Office of National Statistics Online, http//www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/
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