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Electoral wardE05009834

Drakes Cross ward, Bromsgrove

Drakes Cross is one of 30 electoral wards of Bromsgrove District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,790 residents in 1,257 households — 1,460 people per km², the 28th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bromsgrove constituency; for county elections it is in the Wythall division.

Residents, 20212,790council ward average 3,306
Households1,2572.22 residents per household
Density1,460/ km²about 1.91 km² · Bromsgrove 457
Aged 65+25.6%Bromsgrove: 22.9% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 139
5–96.2% · 174
10–157.3% · 205
16–193.1% · 87
20–244.3% · 120
25–349.6% · 267
35–4915.4% · 430
50–6423.4% · 654
65–7413.3% · 371
75–849.2% · 257
85+3.1% · 86

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.6% · 183
1 car or van39.0% · 490
2 cars or vans34.1% · 429
3 or more12.3% · 155
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.3% · 532
With mortgage27.0% · 340
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented21.1% · 266
Private rented9.1% · 115
Lives rent free0.2% · 2

Type of home

Detached house36.2% · 456
Semi-detached house24.2% · 304
Terraced house21.7% · 273
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 208
Converted house0.6% · 8
Other conversion0.5% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009834
County division
Wythall
Constituency
Bromsgrove
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
15 of 30

Parishes in the ward

Wythall

Other wards in the same constituency

AAlvechurch South25.8% aged 65+ · 85.7% owned3,079AAlvechurch Village24.1% aged 65+ · 74.9% owned2,899AAston Fields18.4% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned3,513AAvoncroft23.4% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned3,396BBarnt Green & Hopwood30.0% aged 65+ · 82.9% owned2,988BBelbroughton & Romsley26.8% aged 65+ · 82.6% owned6,625BBromsgrove Central28.8% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned3,436CCatshill North17.8% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned2,804CCatshill South24.0% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned3,154CCharford17.5% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned3,419CCofton15.8% aged 65+ · 87.2% owned3,292HHagley East21.6% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned3,496HHagley West24.5% aged 65+ · 87.3% owned3,820HHill Top18.2% aged 65+ · 87.6% owned1,989

All 30 wards of Bromsgrove

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.