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Rubery South ward, Bromsgrove

Rubery South is one of 30 electoral wards of Bromsgrove District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,325 residents in 1,400 households — 1,024 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bromsgrove constituency; for county elections it is in the Beacon division.

Residents, 20213,325council ward average 3,306
Households1,4002.38 residents per household
Density1,024/ km²about 3.25 km² · Bromsgrove 457
Aged 65+25.6%Bromsgrove: 22.9% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 171
5–95.5% · 182
10–156.6% · 218
16–194.1% · 135
20–244.6% · 152
25–349.9% · 329
35–4917.0% · 564
50–6421.7% · 723
65–7413.3% · 441
75–849.1% · 302
85+3.2% · 108

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.1% · 184
1 car or van39.2% · 549
2 cars or vans34.0% · 476
3 or more13.6% · 191
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.6% · 639
With mortgage34.7% · 486
Shared ownership0.5% · 7
Social rented8.9% · 124
Private rented10.2% · 143
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house23.8% · 332
Semi-detached house58.5% · 817
Terraced house9.7% · 136
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 50
Converted house1.1% · 16
Other conversion0.4% · 5
Above shop / office2.8% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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.