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Electoral wardE05014583

Meir South ward, City of Stoke-on-Trent

Meir South is one of 34 electoral wards of Stoke-on-Trent City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,525 residents in 2,571 households — 4,506 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency.

Residents, 20216,525council ward average 7,599
Households2,5712.54 residents per household
Density4,506/ km²about 1.45 km² · City of Stoke-on-Trent 2,764
Aged 65+13.2%City of Stoke-on-Trent: 17.1% · under 16: 26.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 456
5–99.5% · 618
10–159.8% · 640
16–195.2% · 339
20–245.3% · 346
25–3413.5% · 880
35–4918.5% · 1,208
50–6417.9% · 1,169
65–748.0% · 520
75–844.0% · 262
85+1.2% · 80

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.5% · 707
1 car or van41.6% · 1,070
2 cars or vans23.1% · 593
3 or more7.8% · 201
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Stoke-on-Trent overall: 56.7% owned, 22.3% social rented, 20.3% private rented.

Owned outright23.8% · 613
With mortgage26.4% · 679
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented35.9% · 925
Private rented13.3% · 342
Lives rent free0.4% · 10

Type of home

Detached house14.4% · 370
Semi-detached house68.8% · 1,768
Terraced house8.5% · 218
Purpose-built flat7.9% · 202
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014583
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
5 of 34

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlurton22.1% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned7,967DDresden & Florence20.3% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned5,469HHanford, Newstead & Trentham23.5% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned15,133HHollybush15.1% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned4,580LLightwood North & Normacot13.1% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned6,699LLongton & Meir Hay South22.6% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned6,189MMeir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney21.7% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned12,434MMeir North15.1% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned6,775MMeir Park27.6% aged 65+ · 90.2% owned3,868

All 34 wards of City of Stoke-on-Trent

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.