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Electoral wardE05011166
Sheldon ward, Birmingham
Sheldon is one of 69 electoral wards of Birmingham City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 19,943 residents in 8,166 households — 4,111 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birmingham Yardley constituency.
Residents, 202119,943council ward average 16,593
Households8,1662.44 residents per household
Density4,111/ km²about 4.85 km² · Birmingham 4,275
Aged 65+17.3%Birmingham: 13.1% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 1,196
5–96.5% · 1,293
10–157.4% · 1,466
16–194.8% · 961
20–245.9% · 1,179
25–3413.8% · 2,759
35–4918.6% · 3,719
50–6419.7% · 3,928
65–748.8% · 1,759
75–846.1% · 1,218
85+2.3% · 465
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.6% · 1,925
1 car or van43.7% · 3,571
2 cars or vans24.9% · 2,036
3 or more7.8% · 634
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Birmingham overall: 52.7% owned, 23.5% social rented, 22.6% private rented.
Owned outright35.3% · 2,880
With mortgage32.8% · 2,680
Shared ownership0.6% · 49
Social rented14.2% · 1,163
Private rented16.9% · 1,376
Lives rent free0.2% · 18
Type of home
Detached house6.7% · 545
Semi-detached house66.8% · 5,453
Terraced house8.7% · 709
Purpose-built flat15.4% · 1,259
Converted house0.6% · 48
Other conversion0.4% · 32
Above shop / office1.4% · 118
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011166- Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 48 of 69
Other wards in the same constituency
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.