Vehicle barriers in Bilston (Wolverhampton)

Bilston (Wolverhampton) is the Census 2021 built-up area E63002772 in West Midlands. ONS counted 34,640 usual residents and a median age of 35.

The ONS size class for this settlement is Medium. Largest industry groups among employed residents: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at 20.8%, then Human health and social work activities at 15.8%, then Manufacturing at 13.6%.

Accommodation: Whole house or bungalow: Semi-detached at 44.7%, then Flat, maisonette or apartment at 23.6%, then Whole house or bungalow: Terraced at 19%, then Whole house or bungalow: Detached at 12.7%. Tenure: Rented: social rented at 35.4%, then Owned: owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership at 24.6%, then Owned: owns outright at 22.2%, then Private rented or lives rent free at 17.8%.

The largest occupation group is Elementary occupations at 16.8% of employed residents. Among residents aged 16 and over, 53.3% were recorded as employed.

Wholesale and retail is the largest industry group. Private service yards and retail-park lanes can take a rising arm.

The high street itself cannot. Detached houses lead the housing mix, so communal booms are less common than on flatted estates.

We do not invent a podium that the census says is not the main housing form. Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 and very small cells may have been suppressed by ONS.

A barrier survey is on application and only for a private lane. This readout does not invent a business park.

Other settlements with their own barrier page in West Midlands include Birmingham, Bloxwich, Bridgnorth.