Socio-economic statistics for Brick Houses, Sheffield

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 can often be a good indicator of the prosperity of the town and possible indicator of how hard it would 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.

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