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Avoncroft ward, Bromsgrove

Avoncroft is one of 30 electoral wards of Bromsgrove District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,396 residents in 1,473 households — 346 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bromsgrove constituency; for county elections it is in the Bromsgrove South division.

Residents, 20213,396council ward average 3,306
Households1,4732.31 residents per household
Density346/ km²about 9.82 km² · Bromsgrove 457
Aged 65+23.4%Bromsgrove: 22.9% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.4% · 184
5–95.2% · 175
10–155.9% · 200
16–194.0% · 137
20–244.3% · 147
25–3412.8% · 433
35–4918.2% · 618
50–6420.8% · 707
65–7413.4% · 456
75–847.6% · 257
85+2.4% · 82

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.5% · 125
1 car or van34.9% · 514
2 cars or vans41.8% · 615
3 or more14.9% · 219
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Bromsgrove overall: 77.5% owned, 10.7% social rented, 10.6% private rented.

Owned outright39.9% · 587
With mortgage37.1% · 546
Shared ownership1.3% · 19
Social rented10.8% · 159
Private rented10.9% · 161
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house40.3% · 594
Semi-detached house33.8% · 498
Terraced house16.0% · 235
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 103
Converted house0.5% · 8
Other conversion0.9% · 13
Above shop / office0.5% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 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.