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Electoral wardE05014840

Blakenhall ward, City of Wolverhampton

Blakenhall is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,614 residents in 4,266 households — 3,694 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton West constituency.

Residents, 202112,614council ward average 13,186
Households4,2662.96 residents per household
Density3,694/ km²about 3.42 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+17.0%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 781
5–96.5% · 818
10–157.8% · 983
16–194.8% · 601
20–246.1% · 775
25–3413.3% · 1,674
35–4921.2% · 2,672
50–6417.2% · 2,171
65–749.1% · 1,149
75–845.2% · 658
85+2.6% · 334

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.6% · 1,350
1 car or van37.2% · 1,585
2 cars or vans20.6% · 878
3 or more10.6% · 453
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright35.0% · 1,493
With mortgage20.5% · 875
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented14.5% · 617
Private rented29.6% · 1,263
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house18.1% · 770
Semi-detached house45.1% · 1,922
Terraced house18.9% · 804
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 543
Converted house2.6% · 111
Other conversion1.1% · 48
Above shop / office1.0% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 24
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014840
Constituency
Wolverhampton West
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
13 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBushbury North19.4% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned12,996GGraiseley14.1% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned12,944MMerry Hill20.1% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned12,371OOxley14.0% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned13,039PPark15.4% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned14,233PPenn22.1% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned12,854SSt Peters6.6% aged 65+ · 27.3% owned13,566TTettenhall Regis21.9% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned11,174TTettenhall Wightwick27.8% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned12,529

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.