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Electoral wardE05014842

Bushbury South & Low Hill ward, City of Wolverhampton

Bushbury South & Low Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,500 residents in 5,732 households — 5,596 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton North East constituency.

Residents, 202115,500council ward average 13,186
Households5,7322.7 residents per household
Density5,596/ km²about 2.77 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+11.5%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 27.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.2% · 1,122
5–99.0% · 1,398
10–1511.4% · 1,773
16–195.3% · 815
20–245.6% · 871
25–3413.9% · 2,150
35–4920.7% · 3,207
50–6415.4% · 2,382
65–746.4% · 991
75–843.6% · 563
85+1.5% · 226

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.2% · 1,899
1 car or van43.9% · 2,515
2 cars or vans18.3% · 1,047
3 or more4.7% · 267
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.4% · 1,056
With mortgage20.1% · 1,153
Shared ownership0.5% · 29
Social rented42.1% · 2,412
Private rented18.5% · 1,061
Lives rent free0.3% · 18

Type of home

Detached house8.1% · 462
Semi-detached house61.8% · 3,547
Terraced house22.2% · 1,273
Purpose-built flat5.9% · 340
Converted house0.8% · 44
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.6% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 24
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014842
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
2 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBushbury North19.4% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned12,996FFallings Park16.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned12,733HHeath Town9.8% aged 65+ · 27.5% owned13,770OOxley14.0% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned13,039SSt Peters6.6% aged 65+ · 27.3% owned13,566WWednesfield 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.