I was pleased to discover this gem in the Stourbridge News this week. This free CV listing service has been running a while, but it wasn’t until this week that I noticed the fantastic social observation of my local area which the illustration provides.

Clearly the demographic illustrated here is a true representation of the cross-section of society which can be found in Stourbridge. If you have ever visited here you can always expect to see number of road workers, cleaners, doctors, office workers and police officers. What you might be more surprised to learn is that one in every 17 people in Stourbridge is an astronaut.

Another fact that you may not be aware of is that Stourbridge has a higher ratio of Ninjas to any other single profession in the town. Both red and white Ninjas live in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, but of course, you wouldn’t know that because Stourbridge-bred Ninjas are very, very good at their job.

We also have a number of celebrities living here. Chef from South Park, Britney Spears and both Roy and Moss from The IT Crowd.

Clearly the most dangerous job in Stourbridge is being a nurse. Most nurses live in fear of the famous yet terrible brain-sucking monster, which of course eats their head like a creme egg.

I hope you now have a little more insight into Stourbridge and the sort of people who live and work here.