Electoral wardE05014839

Bilston South ward, City of Wolverhampton

Bilston South is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,393 residents in 6,502 households — 3,181 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton South East constituency.

Residents, 202116,393council ward average 13,186

Households6,5022.52 residents per household

Density3,181/ km²about 5.15 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798

Aged 65+13.1%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 23.2%

Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 1,130

5–97.3% · 1,202

10–159.0% · 1,477

16–194.8% · 789

20–246.1% · 1,005

25–3415.0% · 2,456

35–4920.5% · 3,359

50–6417.2% · 2,821

65–747.4% · 1,211

75–844.3% · 701

85+1.5% · 240

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.9% · 2,075

1 car or van40.6% · 2,639

2 cars or vans21.5% · 1,398

3 or more6.0% · 392

Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Wolverhampton overall: 55.0% owned, 25.2% social rented, 19.0% private rented.

Owned outright20.9% · 1,357

With mortgage23.1% · 1,500

Shared ownership0.3% · 17

Social rented35.6% · 2,314

Private rented19.7% · 1,284

Lives rent free0.5% · 35

Type of home

Detached house13.7% · 888

Semi-detached house43.4% · 2,818

Terraced house19.1% · 1,239

Purpose-built flat22.0% · 1,431

Converted house0.8% · 51

Other conversion0.4% · 26

Above shop / office0.6% · 39

Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3

Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS): E05014839
Council: Wolverhampton City Council
Constituency: Wolverhampton South East
Region: West Midlands
Density rank in council: 16 of 20

Council offices in this ward

CCity of Wolverhampton Council Taxi LicensingCouncil office · WV14 0PH

Other wards in the same constituency

BBilston North17.4% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned11,322 EEast Park16.6% aged 65+ · 46.9% owned13,995 EEttingshall North11.0% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned14,193 EEttingshall South & Spring Vale19.2% aged 65+ · 65.3% owned13,075 SSt Peters6.6% aged 65+ · 27.3% owned13,566

All 20 wards of City of Wolverhampton

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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.