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Electoral wardE05015753
Western Springs ward, Cannock Chase
Western Springs is one of 12 electoral wards of Cannock Chase District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,085 residents in 2,733 households — 2,523 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cannock Chase constituency; for county elections it is in the Brereton & Ravenhill and Etching Hill & The Heath divisions.
Residents, 20216,085council ward average 8,377
Households2,7332.23 residents per household
Density2,523/ km²about 2.41 km² · Cannock Chase 1,274
Aged 65+22.9%Cannock Chase: 19.4% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 306
5–95.0% · 307
10–156.3% · 383
16–194.3% · 264
20–245.3% · 321
25–3412.3% · 750
35–4917.2% · 1,044
50–6421.6% · 1,315
65–7410.7% · 651
75–848.3% · 507
85+3.9% · 236
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.3% · 636
1 car or van40.0% · 1,092
2 cars or vans26.7% · 730
3 or more10.1% · 275
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Cannock Chase overall: 67.1% owned, 16.2% social rented, 15.8% private rented.
Owned outright33.7% · 921
With mortgage27.6% · 755
Shared ownership0.5% · 14
Social rented13.7% · 375
Private rented24.3% · 664
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house26.5% · 724
Semi-detached house36.3% · 991
Terraced house17.4% · 475
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 328
Converted house2.3% · 63
Other conversion2.1% · 58
Above shop / office2.6% · 72
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015753- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Brereton & Ravenhill, Etching Hill & The Heath
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 12
Parishes in the ward
Brereton and RavenhillRugeley
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% owned8,940EEtching 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% owned8,321
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.