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Norton Canes ward, Cannock Chase

Norton Canes is one of 12 electoral wards of Cannock Chase District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,321 residents in 3,522 households — 549 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cannock Chase constituency; for county elections it is in the Norton Canes, Heath Hayes & Wimblebury division.

Residents, 20218,321council ward average 8,377
Households3,5222.36 residents per household
Density549/ km²about 15.16 km² · Cannock Chase 1,274
Aged 65+18.9%Cannock Chase: 19.4% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 503
5–95.7% · 476
10–156.8% · 565
16–193.9% · 328
20–245.1% · 420
25–3415.1% · 1,259
35–4917.8% · 1,476
50–6420.6% · 1,713
65–7410.0% · 832
75–846.9% · 571
85+2.1% · 171

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.1% · 427
1 car or van37.8% · 1,331
2 cars or vans36.8% · 1,294
3 or more13.3% · 469
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.3% · 1,206
With mortgage38.1% · 1,340
Shared ownership0.7% · 23
Social rented15.4% · 542
Private rented11.4% · 402
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house35.9% · 1,265
Semi-detached house47.5% · 1,671
Terraced house10.4% · 365
Purpose-built flat4.9% · 173
Converted house0.5% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.