West Midlands region Census 2021

77.0% people are white, 13.3% people are asian, 4.5% people are black.
46.6% are Christian, 32.9% have no religion, 9.6% are Muslim.
40.6% households have 1 car, 27.7% households have 2 cars, 21.5% households have no car.

West Midlands population ethnic group

Ethnicity	West Midlands region	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	13.3%	9.3%
Black	4.5%	4.0%
Mixed	3.0%	2.9%
Other	2.1%	2.1%
White	77.0%	81.7%

West Midlands population health

Health	West Midlands region	England & Wales (UK)
very good	46.4%	48.4%
good	34.4%	33.6%
average	13.5%	12.7%
poor	4.4%	4.0%
very poor	1.3%	1.2%

West Midlands population religion

Religion	West Midlands region	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.3%	0.5%
Christian	46.6%	46.2%
Hindu	1.5%	1.7%
Jewish	0.1%	0.5%
Muslim	9.6%	6.5%
No answer	5.7%	6.0%
No religion	32.9%	37.2%
Other	2.9%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

West Midlands population economic activity

Economic activity	West Midlands region	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	45.0%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	6.8%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.7%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	5.4%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	7.9%	7.3%
Retired	22.1%	21.6%
Student, no work	6.5%	6.3%
Unemployed	3.2%	2.8%

West Midlands car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.28 cars per household in West Midlands region. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	West Midlands region	England & Wales (UK)
No car	21.5%	23.3%
1 car	40.6%	41.3%
2 cars	27.7%	26.2%
3+ cars	10.2%	9.2%

West Midlands household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).