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Holyhead ward, Birmingham

Holyhead is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,316 residents in 3,646 households — 8,055 people per km², the 53rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Perry Barr constituency.

Residents, 202111,316council ward average 16,593
Households3,6463.1 residents per household
Density8,055/ km²about 1.40 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+9.8%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 25.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.2% · 812
5–98.5% · 959
10–159.6% · 1,084
16–196.3% · 711
20–247.6% · 855
25–3413.8% · 1,565
35–4921.9% · 2,475
50–6415.4% · 1,745
65–744.9% · 555
75–843.0% · 344
85+1.9% · 214

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van42.8% · 1,560
1 car or van40.9% · 1,489
2 cars or vans11.3% · 412
3 or more5.0% · 184
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright23.6% · 861
With mortgage18.8% · 685
Shared ownership0.7% · 25
Social rented24.3% · 886
Private rented32.1% · 1,170
Lives rent free0.4% · 14

Type of home

Detached house9.3% · 339
Semi-detached house29.3% · 1,069
Terraced house50.5% · 1,842
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 271
Converted house2.0% · 73
Other conversion0.6% · 21
Above shop / office0.7% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.