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Electoral wardE05015744

Cannock Longford & Bridgtown ward, Cannock Chase

Cannock Longford & Bridgtown is one of 12 electoral wards of Cannock Chase District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,185 residents in 3,825 households — 2,694 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cannock Chase constituency; for county elections it is in the Cannock Town division.

Residents, 20218,185council ward average 8,377
Households3,8252.14 residents per household
Density2,694/ km²about 3.04 km² · Cannock Chase 1,274
Aged 65+19.8%Cannock Chase: 19.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 499
5–95.8% · 477
10–155.9% · 482
16–193.9% · 318
20–245.1% · 419
25–3415.7% · 1,286
35–4918.1% · 1,485
50–6419.5% · 1,594
65–7410.4% · 849
75–846.9% · 568
85+2.5% · 206

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.5% · 934
1 car or van42.6% · 1,627
2 cars or vans24.8% · 949
3 or more8.1% · 310
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cannock Chase overall: 67.1% owned, 16.2% social rented, 15.8% private rented.

Owned outright28.3% · 1,083
With mortgage27.2% · 1,040
Shared ownership0.5% · 21
Social rented22.4% · 858
Private rented21.0% · 804
Lives rent free0.4% · 16

Type of home

Detached house13.6% · 521
Semi-detached house51.8% · 1,977
Terraced house12.5% · 476
Purpose-built flat18.2% · 693
Converted house1.8% · 67
Other conversion0.6% · 23
Above shop / office1.6% · 60
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015744
County division
Cannock Town
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
6 of 12

Parishes in the ward

Bridgtown

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrereton & Ravenhill19.3% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned9,287CCannock Park & Old Fallow25.1% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned11,084CChadsmoor17.3% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned8,940EEtching Hill & the Heath22.5% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned9,509HHawks Green with Rumer Hill11.0% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned7,149HHeath Hayes & Wimblebury17.0% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned10,056HHednesford Green Heath14.7% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned6,973HHednesford Hills & Rawnsley22.8% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned7,981HHednesford Pye Green19.6% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned6,949NNorton Canes18.9% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned8,321WWestern Springs22.9% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned6,085

All 12 wards of Cannock Chase

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.