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Electoral wardE05015746

Etching Hill & the Heath ward, Cannock Chase

Etching Hill & the Heath is one of 12 electoral wards of Cannock Chase District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,509 residents in 4,024 households — 544 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cannock Chase constituency; for county elections it is in the Etching Hill & The Heath division.

Residents, 20219,509council ward average 8,377
Households4,0242.36 residents per household
Density544/ km²about 17.49 km² · Cannock Chase 1,274
Aged 65+22.5%Cannock Chase: 19.4% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.0% · 480
5–95.6% · 529
10–156.4% · 609
16–194.2% · 395
20–245.3% · 504
25–3411.8% · 1,126
35–4916.9% · 1,604
50–6422.3% · 2,123
65–7412.8% · 1,215
75–847.8% · 738
85+2.0% · 188

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.9% · 598
1 car or van40.2% · 1,620
2 cars or vans32.3% · 1,300
3 or more12.6% · 507
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright42.1% · 1,693
With mortgage33.0% · 1,329
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented11.5% · 462
Private rented13.1% · 527
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house37.4% · 1,504
Semi-detached house38.4% · 1,546
Terraced house17.7% · 714
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 233
Converted house0.2% · 7
Other conversion0.2% · 8
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015746
County division
Etching Hill & The Heath
Constituency
Cannock Chase
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
12 of 12

Parishes in the ward

Brindley HeathRugeley

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrereton & Ravenhill19.3% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned9,287CCannock Longford & Bridgtown19.8% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned8,185CCannock Park & Old Fallow25.1% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned11,084CChadsmoor17.3% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned8,940HHawks 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.