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Electoral wardE05011156

Newtown ward, Birmingham

Newtown is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,290 residents in 4,469 households — 7,359 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Ladywood constituency.

Residents, 202116,290council ward average 16,593
Households4,4693.65 residents per household
Density7,359/ km²about 2.21 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+4.8%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 23.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.3% · 1,194
5–97.9% · 1,283
10–158.6% · 1,405
16–1914.1% · 2,290
20–2419.2% · 3,122
25–3412.7% · 2,064
35–4916.0% · 2,600
50–649.5% · 1,548
65–742.5% · 405
75–841.6% · 264
85+0.7% · 110

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van53.0% · 2,369
1 car or van36.3% · 1,624
2 cars or vans8.3% · 373
3 or more2.3% · 102
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright8.0% · 356
With mortgage8.6% · 383
Shared ownership1.2% · 55
Social rented64.9% · 2,902
Private rented16.0% · 715
Lives rent free1.3% · 60

Type of home

Detached house4.5% · 202
Semi-detached house10.7% · 479
Terraced house18.9% · 844
Purpose-built flat61.4% · 2,744
Converted house1.3% · 60
Other conversion2.1% · 92
Above shop / office0.8% · 35
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011156
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
13 of 69

Other wards in the same constituency

AAlum Rock7.2% aged 65+ · 49.4% owned28,018BBalsall Heath West10.3% aged 65+ · 35.9% owned12,153BBordesley & Highgate4.8% aged 65+ · 24.1% owned15,058BBordesley Green7.4% aged 65+ · 37.5% owned12,986LLadywood5.1% aged 65+ · 17.5% owned25,738NNechells6.0% aged 65+ · 16.4% owned16,145SSoho & Jewellery Quarter6.8% aged 65+ · 27.0% owned25,476

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.