Photo: Argrogan · Public domainIn Hockley Heath, 60% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% of UK towns
The figure for one-person households is 23% in Hockley Heath and 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 7.4% of households have no car or van. A third of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. The village is home to 1,899 residents in 765 households, by the 2021 Census.
Older than 61% of UK towns: half of Hockley Heath is over 45.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Hockley Heath, 49% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 5.3% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 88% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Midlands’ towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Locally, 30% of households have dependent children.
Hockley Heath sits below 92% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (8.7%)
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 4.3% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
Only 3.9% of Hockley Heath’s residents were born outside the UK
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 77% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns, at 59%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 91% of Hockley Heath · West Midlands’ towns 56% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.4%), Indian (2.1%) and Mixed or multiple (1.7%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91% here and 73% across England’s towns.
In Hockley Heath, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
The figure for adults who have never married is 26% in Hockley Heath and 39% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 33.
40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Hockley Heath (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 11% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Hockley Heath
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hockley Heath | 1,899 | — | 45.9 | 23% | 30% |
| Knowle and Dorridge | 19,323 | 2.3 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 30% |
| Cheswick Green | 2,743 | 2.4 mi | 43.1 | 24% | 32% |
| Kingswood | 1,197 | 2.4 mi | 48.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Dickens Heath | 4,797 | 3.2 mi | 36 | 8.6% | 32% |
| Tidbury Green | 1,552 | 3.5 mi | 37 | 14% | 39% |
| Wythall | 2,077 | 4.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Henley-in-Arden | 3,001 | 4.4 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “West Midlands’ towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Midlands (or England), summed the same way as Hockley Heath’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Hockley Heath’s residents
What is the population of Hockley Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 1,899 people in Hockley Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hockley Heath?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hockley Heath?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 56% across West Midlands’ towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hockley Heath?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Hockley Heath good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hockley Heath’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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