If you are thinking of moving to Brick Houses or just want to know a what the area is like, the statistics on this page should give you a good introduction. They cover a range of socio-economic factors so you can compare Brick Houses to figures for Sheffield and nationally. These statistics can tell you if Brick Houses is an economically deprived area and how hard it might be to get a job.
Brick Houses Age Distribution Statistics
The population of Brick Houses as a whole, is younger than the national average. The population of Brick Houses is also older than the average, making Brick Houses a older persons location.
| Age | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| Age 0 to 4 | 6.1% | 6.3% |
| Age 5 to 9 | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| Age 10 to14 | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Age 15 to 17 | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| Age 18 to 24 | 14.5% | 9.4% |
| Age 25 to 29 | 7% | 6.9% |
| Age 30 to 44 | 20% | 20.6% |
| Age 45 to 59 | 17.4% | 19.4% |
| Age 60 to 64 | 5.2% | 6% |
| Age 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 8.6% |
| Age 75 to 84 | 5.3% | 5.5% |
| Age 85 and over | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| Mean Age | 37.9 | 39.3 |
| Median Age | 36 | 39 |
Brick Houses Social Grade & Occcupation Statistics
Social grade is a classification based on occupation and it enables a household and all its members to be classified according to the job of the main income earner.
| Grade | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 20.78% | 22.96% |
| C1 | 31.85% | 30.92% |
| C2 | 19.64% | 20.64% |
| DE | 27.74% | 25.49% |
Brick Houses General Health Statistics
The respondents of the 2011 Census were asked to rate their health. These are the results for Brick Houses. The percentage of residents in Brick Houses rating their health as 'very good' is less than the national average. Also the percentage of residents in Brick Houses rating their health as 'very bad' is more than the national average, suggesting that the health of the residents of Brick Houses is generally worse than in the average person in England.
| Health | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| Very Good | 46.73% | 47.17% |
| Good | 33.35% | 34.22% |
| Fair | 13.70% | 13.12% |
| Bad | 4.83% | 4.25% |
| Very Bad | 1.39% | 1.25% |
Brick Houses Education Statistics
These statistics are for the highest level education obtained by the residents of Brick Houses and are from the UK Census of 2011.
| Qualification | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| No Qualifications | 24.3% | 22.5% |
| Level 1 | 12.3% | 13.3% |
| Level 2 | 13.7% | 15.2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6% | 3.6% |
| Level 3 | 15.8% | 12.4% |
| Level 4 | 25.7% | 27.4% |
| Other | 4.6% | 5.7% |
Brick Houses Property Ownership & Rental Statistics
Brick Houses has a lower rate of home ownership (via a mortgage or owned outright) than the national average, which suggests that Brick Houses is an economically deprived area.
| Tenure | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| Owned | 27.1% | 30.6% |
| Mortgage | 31.2% | 32.8% |
| Shared | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Social Rented (Council) | 17.7% | 9.4% |
| Social Rented (Housing Assoc) | 7% | 8.3% |
| Private Rented | 14.2% | 15.4% |
| Other | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Rent Free | 1% | 1.3% |
Brick Houses Immigration Statistics
These figures for Country of Birth for the residents of Brick Houses are from the UK Census of 2011. Since Brick Houses has a higher level of residents born in the UK than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other EU countries or outside the EU, it does not have a significant immigrant population.
| Country | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 88.3% | 86.2% |
| Rebublic of Ireland | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Other EU Countries | 2.2% | 3.7% |
| Outside the EU | 9.2% | 9.4% |
Brick Houses Benefits & Unemployment Statistics
These figures on the claiming of benefits in Brick Houses come from the Department for Work & Pensions and are dated . They are the last published indiciator of unemployment rates as a percentage of the population. After the introduction of Universal Credit, the government no longer publishes unemployment firgures as a percentage and has no further plans to do so. That being said, these census statistics can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and how hard it could be to get employment in the area. The rate of unemployment in Brick Houses is both higher than the average for and higher than the national average, suggesting that finding a job in this area maybe hard.
| Benefit | Sheffield | England |
|---|---|---|
| Jobseekers Allowance (only) | 4.4% | 3.3% |
| Incapacity Benefits (IB or ESA) | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Any Benefit (includes in work benefits) | 15.4% | 13.5% |
Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.
