Demography
| Demographics at a glance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 UK census | Brownhills Ward | Walsall District | England |
| Total population | 12,637 | 253,499 | 49,138,831 |
| Foreign born | 2.2% | 8.3% | 9.2% |
| White | 97.4% | 56.4% | 90.9% |
| Asian | 1.2% | 10.4% | 4.6% |
| Black | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2.3% |
| Christian | 79.6% | 72.1% | 71.7% |
| Muslim | 0.6% | 5.4% | 3.1% |
| Hindu | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| No religion | 12.5% | 10.0% | 14.6% |
| Over 65 years old | 13.1% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| Unemployed | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3.4% |
As of the 2001 UK census, Brownhills ward had a population of 12,637, and a population density of 17.45 persons per hectare.
Of the town's 5,151 households, 40.7% were married couples living together, 10.4% were cohabiting couples and 10.2% were lone parents. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone at pensionable age. 31.8% of households included children aged under 16 or a person aged 16 to 18 who was in full-time education. The average household size was 2.5.
The ethnicity of the town was 97.4% white, 0.6% mixed race, 1.2% Asian, 0.5% black and 0.3% Chinese or other. The country of birth of residents was 97.8% United Kingdom, 0.4% Republic of Ireland, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% other Western European countries, 0.2% Eastern Europe, 0.2% Africa, 0.3% Far East, 0.4% South Asia, <0.1% Middle East, 0.2% North America and <0.1% Oceania. Religion was recorded as 79.6% Christian, 0.6% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish and 0.3% Sikh. 12.5% were recorded as having no religion, 0.1% had an alternative religion and 6.5% did not state their religion.
For every 100 females, there were 98.04 males. The age distribution was 6.6% aged 0–4 years, 15.0% aged 5–15 years, 4.2% aged 16–19 years, 36.3% aged 20–44 years, 23.6% aged 45–64 years and 14.1% aged 65 years and over. The mean population age was 37.5, lower than the national average of 38.6.
The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 43.2% in full-time employment, 12.3% in part-time employment, 6.1% self-employed, 3.8% unemployed, 1.3% students with jobs, 2.3% students without jobs, 13.5% retired, 7.3% looking after home or family, 6.9% permanently sick or disabled and 3.3% economically inactive for other reasons. The percentage of people in full-time employment was significantly higher than the 39.1% average for the whole of the Walsall district. Of the town's residents aged 16–74, 8.5% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide. According to Office for National Statistics estimates, during the period of April 2001 to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households in the Brownhills area was £460 (£23,920 per year).
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