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Electoral wardE05011135

Erdington ward, Birmingham

Erdington is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 21,550 residents in 9,183 households — 5,590 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Erdington constituency.

Residents, 202121,550council ward average 16,593
Households9,1832.35 residents per household
Density5,590/ km²about 3.86 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+15.9%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 1,504
5–96.9% · 1,491
10–157.1% · 1,531
16–193.9% · 834
20–245.4% · 1,162
25–3416.1% · 3,479
35–4919.6% · 4,228
50–6418.1% · 3,901
65–748.1% · 1,754
75–845.2% · 1,119
85+2.6% · 550

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.8% · 3,105
1 car or van43.4% · 3,987
2 cars or vans18.1% · 1,658
3 or more4.7% · 433
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.

Owned outright26.4% · 2,422
With mortgage25.7% · 2,363
Shared ownership1.7% · 152
Social rented20.3% · 1,862
Private rented25.5% · 2,346
Lives rent free0.4% · 38

Type of home

Detached house7.9% · 722
Semi-detached house36.0% · 3,303
Terraced house21.1% · 1,939
Purpose-built flat28.8% · 2,644
Converted house4.3% · 391
Other conversion0.5% · 43
Above shop / office1.5% · 136
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011135
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
26 of 69

Other wards in the same constituency

CCastle Vale15.9% aged 65+ · 34.9% owned9,935GGravelly Hill11.7% aged 65+ · 42.1% owned10,498KKingstanding13.7% aged 65+ · 55.0% owned21,153OOscott15.4% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned20,566PPerry Common14.9% aged 65+ · 51.7% owned12,042PPype Hayes14.7% aged 65+ · 52.9% owned11,060SStockland Green11.0% aged 65+ · 47.6% owned23,596

All 69 wards of Birmingham

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.