Socio-economic statistics for Caverswall, Staffordshire

Is Caverswall in Stoke-on-Trent a nice place to live or is it a bit rough? We have collated a series of socio-economic statistics and demographics from UK government sources such as the 2021 Census and the Index of Multiple Deprivation. They should give you a broad snapshot of the area and the surrounding locations. Are the residents of Caverswall older than the national average or younger? What is the population of Caverswall and Stoke-on-Trent? What is the claimant count in Caverswall and how many residents are unemployed? This page should provide you with the answers.

Caverswall Education Statistics

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 census to found of the level of education Caverswall residents have in terms of formal qualifications as a percentage. The UK government breaks qualifications down into 7 levels. A detailed explanation of these levels can be found here. However, the Census groups these into just 4 \'levels\'. Here are some examples of the qualifications each census level represents when not stated;

Level 1 - GCSE grades D, E, F, or G & below
Level 2 - GCSE A*, A, B, C or O Level grades A, B or C
Level 3 - A or AS qualification at any grade
Level 4 - HNC, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree or Phd

In this first table we have compared Caverswall to the national average for England.

Level	Broadway and Longton East	England
No Qualifications	25.52%	18.08%
Level 1	11.41%	9.69%
Level 2	15.06%	13.32%
Apprenticeship	8.87%	5.32%
Level 3	18.03%	16.92%
Level 4	18.53%	33.92%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

What are the occupations of the residents of Caverswall?

The largest employment sector in Caverswall is Elementary Occupations. The smallest employment sector is Administrative & Secretarial.

Sector	Proportion
Elementary Occupations	15.48%
Skilled Trades	14.45%
Caring, leisure & Other Services	13.08%
Process Plant & Machine Operatives	11.14%
Professional Occupations	10.12%
Associate Professional & Technical	9.7%
Managers, Directors & Senior Officials	8.71%
Administrative & Secretarial	8.71%

Source: Office for National Statistics (30 June 2020)

Caverswall Health Statistics

Broadway and Longton East has a significantly lower proportion of residents (>5%) describing their health as very good than the national average for England.

Area	VG	G	F	B	VB
Broadway and Longton East	39.3%	36.61%	15.7%	6.48%	1.9%
Stoke-on-Trent	42.67%	35.16%	14.81%	5.63%	1.73%
West Midlands	46.4%	34.38%	13.54%	4.37%	1.31%
England	48.49%	33.71%	12.65%	3.98%	1.17%

VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, B = Bad & VB = Very Bad

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

How has the health of residents in Stoke-on-Trent changed since 2011?

Stoke-on-Trent residents who describe their health as either good or very good has increased by 1.2% between the 2011 and 2021 census.

Year	VG	G	F	B	VB
2011	41.97%	34.66%	15.33%	6.17%	1.87%
2021	42.67%	35.16%	14.81%	5.63%	1.73%

VG = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, B = Bad & VB = Very Bad

Source: Census 2011/2021 (Nomis/ONS)

How many residents own or rent their home in Caverswall and Stoke-on-Trent

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 census and calculated what proportion of people in Caverswall either own or rent their home. All percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. 71.67 of residents own their home either outright or mortgaged. 28.33 of Caverswall residents rent their home either privately or through a social landlord.

Area	Owned	Rented
Broadway and Longton East	71.67%	28.33%
Stoke-on-Trent	56.75%	43.25%
West Midlands	62.8%	37.2%
England	61.31%	38.69%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Caverswall has a significantly higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is indicative or an economically wealthy area.

Caverswall compared to other wards in Stoke-on-Trent

#	Ward	Owned	Rented
1	Meir Park	90.05%	9.95%
2	Hanford and Trentham	85.4%	14.6%
3	Meir Hay	83.99%	16.01%
4	Weston Coyney	79.95%	20.05%
5	Broadway and Longton East	71.67%	28.33%
6	Baddeley, Milton and Norton	71.44%	28.56%
7	Lightwood North and Normacot	69.27%	30.73%
8	Eaton Park	68.49%	31.51%
9	Sneyd Green	66.77%	33.23%
10	Great Chell and Packmoor	66.67%	33.33%
11	Burslem Park	64.09%	35.91%
12	Hollybush and Longton West	63.9%	36.1%
13	Blurton East	61.15%	38.85%
14	Goldenhill and Sandyford	61%	39%
15	Dresden and Florence	60.91%	39.09%
16	Sandford Hill	59.98%	40.02%
17	Birches Head and Central Forest Park	59.77%	40.23%
18	Hartshill and Basford	53.86%	46.14%
19	Fenton East	53.65%	46.35%
20	Bradeley and Chell Heath	53.4%	46.6%
21	Little Chell and Stanfield	53.19%	46.81%
22	Ford Green and Smallthorne	50.47%	49.53%
23	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	50.2%	49.8%
24	Springfields and Trent Vale	50.14%	49.86%
25	Penkhull and Stoke	49.9%	50.1%
26	Blurton West and Newstead	49.79%	50.21%
27	Moorcroft	49.56%	50.44%
28	Boothen and Oak Hill	49.5%	50.5%
29	Meir South	47.95%	52.05%
30	Tunstall	47.33%	52.67%
31	Abbey Hulton and Townsend	47.07%	52.93%
32	Meir North	42.31%	57.69%
33	Etruria and Hanley	40.02%	59.98%
34	Joiner's Square	36.31%	63.69%
35	Burslem Central	35.7%	64.3%
36	Bentilee and Ubberley	30.82%	69.18%
37	Hanley Park and Shelton	28.31%	71.69%

Caverswall is ranked 5 out of 37 wards in Stoke-on-Trent for the percentage of home owners.

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Caverswall Age Distribution Statistics

We have taken the raw data from the 2021 Census and the calculated the proportion of age groups in Broadway and Longton East.

Age Band	Proportion
4 & under
5 - 9 years
10 - 15 years
16 - 19 years
20 - 24 years
25 - 34 years
35 - 49 years
50 - 64 years
65 - 74 years
75 - 84 years
85 years & over

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Caverswall & Stoke-on-Trent Immigration Statistics

We have analysed the Census 2021 raw data on country of birth and compiled immigration statistics as percentages of the population. All percentages have been rounded to two decimal places. Below are the figures for Caverswall in the Stoke-on-Trent local area district.

Caverswall has a lower rate of immigrants than Stoke-on-Trent, the West Midlands region and England as a whole.

Area	Born in UK	Born outside UK
Broadway and Longton East	94.77%	5.23%
Stoke-on-Trent	86.9%	13.1%
West Midlands	84.84%	15.17%
England	82.65%	17.35%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Caverswall compared to other wards in Stoke-on-Trent

#	Ward	Born in UK	Born outside UK
1	Etruria and Hanley	61.13%	38.87%
2	Hanley Park and Shelton	66%	34%
3	Moorcroft	70.35%	29.65%
4	Joiner's Square	71.43%	28.57%
5	Lightwood North and Normacot	75.94%	24.06%
6	Tunstall	77.35%	22.65%
7	Hartshill and Basford	78.2%	21.8%
8	Boothen and Oak Hill	79.56%	20.44%
9	Burslem Central	79.72%	20.28%
10	Penkhull and Stoke	82.17%	17.83%
11	Springfields and Trent Vale	82.84%	17.16%
12	Dresden and Florence	84.12%	15.88%
13	Little Chell and Stanfield	85.41%	14.59%
14	Birches Head and Central Forest Park	86.07%	13.93%
15	Bentilee and Ubberley	87.66%	12.34%
16	Sneyd Green	88.07%	11.93%
17	Fenton East	88.08%	11.92%
18	Burslem Park	89.33%	10.67%
19	Fenton West and Mount Pleasant	89.46%	10.54%
20	Blurton West and Newstead	89.88%	10.12%
21	Meir North	90.18%	9.82%
22	Goldenhill and Sandyford	90.93%	9.07%
23	Meir South	91.24%	8.76%
24	Ford Green and Smallthorne	92.62%	7.38%
25	Abbey Hulton and Townsend	92.89%	7.11%
26	Bradeley and Chell Heath	93.37%	6.63%
27	Blurton East	93.54%	6.46%
28	Sandford Hill	93.68%	6.32%
29	Hollybush and Longton West	93.73%	6.27%
30	Eaton Park	94.01%	5.99%
31	Hanford and Trentham	94.1%	5.9%
32	Broadway and Longton East	94.77%	5.23%
33	Baddeley, Milton and Norton	95.09%	4.91%
34	Great Chell and Packmoor	95.18%	4.82%
35	Weston Coyney	96.57%	3.43%
36	Meir Park	96.84%	3.16%
37	Meir Hay	96.87%	3.13%

';Caverswall is ranked 32 out of 37 wards in Stoke-on-Trent for the number of residents born outside of the UK.

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Caverswall Unemployment Statistics

Since the introduction of Universal Credit, The Department for Work & Pensions have not issued any statistics (in our view) that can be used to ascertain the levels of unemployment or under employment in the UK, just meaningless geographic counts. However, the Office of National Statistics does publish claimant counts of people receiving out of work benefits, be that legacy Jobseeker’s Allowance or Universal Credit as a proportion of people over 16. These figures are usually updated once a month and are for Local Authority Districts and Unitary Authority Districts. So below are the figures of Stoke-on-Trent.

Area	Unemployed	Yearly Change
Stoke-on-Trent	5.6%	-0.2%
West Midlands	5%	-0.3%
England	3.8%	-0.3%
UK	3.7%	-0.3%

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Last Retrieved: March 2023

The 2021 census had data on people who were economically active (seeking work) yet unemployed on Census day (Sunday March 21st 2021). These statitics do cover Caverswall on a ward level. However, it has to be noted that the Census day was during the height of the Covid19 pandemic and therefore are not reflective of normal levels of unemployment. For example, between March 2020 and June 2020 people claiming Universal Credit doubled in most areas of the United Kingdom and then steadily declined up to the day of the Census and beyond. This data also contains the proportion of people in part-time work (working between 1-35 hours per week), which maybe an indicator of under employment in Caverswall.

Economic Status	Proportion
In Employment	56.02%
In Part-Time Work	23.42%
Unemployed	4.54%

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

76.58% of the people in work, are in full-time employment in Caverswall

What is the population of Caverswall and Stoke-on-Trent?

The table below contains the populations figures for each ward in Stoke-on-Trent including Caverswall. These population ONS figures are estimated are dated Mid 2020.

Ward	Population
Alton	1460
Bagnall and Stanley	1668
Biddulph East	6380
Biddulph Moor	1615
Biddulph North	5419
Biddulph South	1564
Biddulph West	5206
Brown Edge and Endon	4826
Caverswall	1757
Cellarhead	3196
Cheadle North East	3388
Cheadle South East	3592
Cheadle West	5045
Checkley	5777
Cheddleton	5630
Churnet	3228
Dane	1573
Forsbrook	5237
Hamps Valley	1840
Horton	1957
Ipstones	1834
Leek East	5011
Leek North	5797
Leek South	5955
Leek West	4535
Manifold	1823
Werrington	3114
Stoke-on-Trent Total	98427

Source: Census 2021 (Nomis/ONS)

Last updated: 20/02/2024, Additional Sources: Office for National Statistics & Department for Work & Pensions.

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