Electoral wardE05011121
Aston ward, Birmingham
Aston is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 24,446 residents in 6,772 households — 7,271 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Perry Barr constituency.
Residents, 202124,446council ward average 16,593
Households6,7723.61 residents per household
Density7,271/ km²about 3.36 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+8.4%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 27.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.6% · 1,863
5–98.4% · 2,053
10–1511.1% · 2,711
16–197.2% · 1,757
20–248.1% · 1,976
25–3415.4% · 3,755
35–4921.0% · 5,127
50–6412.9% · 3,142
65–744.5% · 1,097
75–842.7% · 653
85+1.3% · 308
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.4% · 2,670
1 car or van39.4% · 2,668
2 cars or vans15.3% · 1,036
3 or more5.9% · 398
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright27.3% · 1,847
With mortgage19.5% · 1,319
Shared ownership0.3% · 22
Social rented26.6% · 1,804
Private rented25.9% · 1,753
Lives rent free0.4% · 28
Type of home
Detached house7.6% · 514
Semi-detached house21.5% · 1,457
Terraced house53.4% · 3,615
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 846
Converted house3.2% · 218
Other conversion0.4% · 29
Above shop / office1.2% · 84
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011121- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Constituency
- Birmingham Perry Barr
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 69
Other wards in the same constituency
BBirchfield9.1% aged 65+ · 35.1% owned12,471HHandsworth10.0% aged 65+ · 45.3% owned11,820HHandsworth Wood13.3% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned20,399HHolyhead9.8% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned11,316LLozells6.9% aged 65+ · 37.8% owned12,121OOscott15.4% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned20,566PPerry Barr15.1% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned20,609
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.