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Electoral wardE05014841

Bushbury North ward, City of Wolverhampton

Bushbury North is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,996 residents in 5,331 households — 2,666 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton North East and Wolverhampton West constituencies.

Residents, 202112,996council ward average 13,186
Households5,3312.44 residents per household
Density2,666/ km²about 4.87 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+19.4%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 710
5–96.7% · 876
10–157.8% · 1,017
16–194.5% · 592
20–245.0% · 657
25–3412.6% · 1,638
35–4917.5% · 2,276
50–6420.9% · 2,720
65–749.7% · 1,259
75–846.9% · 903
85+2.8% · 363

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.0% · 1,280
1 car or van42.6% · 2,273
2 cars or vans26.0% · 1,388
3 or more7.5% · 398
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright34.2% · 1,826
With mortgage29.7% · 1,587
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented24.0% · 1,283
Private rented11.4% · 608
Lives rent free0.3% · 17

Type of home

Detached house14.9% · 797
Semi-detached house62.3% · 3,325
Terraced house11.7% · 625
Purpose-built flat9.7% · 515
Converted house0.7% · 37
Above shop / office0.7% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014841
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
19 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlakenhall17.0% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned12,614BBushbury South & Low Hill11.5% aged 65+ · 38.6% owned15,500FFallings Park16.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned12,733GGraiseley14.1% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned12,944HHeath Town9.8% aged 65+ · 27.5% owned13,770MMerry 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% owned12,529WWednesfield North22.3% aged 65+ · 65.1% owned10,527WWednesfield South18.5% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned13,902

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