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Ladywood ward, Birmingham

Ladywood is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 25,738 residents in 13,034 households — 6,992 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Ladywood constituency.

Residents, 202125,738council ward average 16,593
Households13,0341.97 residents per household
Density6,992/ km²about 3.68 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+5.1%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 1,311
5–94.4% · 1,138
10–154.2% · 1,081
16–195.4% · 1,401
20–2416.7% · 4,296
25–3429.8% · 7,680
35–4919.1% · 4,918
50–6410.2% · 2,613
65–742.9% · 746
75–841.6% · 401
85+0.6% · 153

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van57.9% · 7,550
1 car or van35.7% · 4,647
2 cars or vans5.5% · 723
3 or more0.9% · 114
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright7.0% · 907
With mortgage10.6% · 1,380
Shared ownership0.6% · 75
Social rented29.5% · 3,843
Private rented52.0% · 6,782
Lives rent free0.4% · 47

Type of home

Detached house1.5% · 190
Semi-detached house4.3% · 557
Terraced house6.5% · 845
Purpose-built flat83.7% · 10,910
Converted house0.5% · 68
Other conversion1.6% · 205
Above shop / office1.9% · 244
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 14
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.