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Electoral wardE05014843

East Park ward, City of Wolverhampton

East Park is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,995 residents in 5,679 households — 3,560 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton South East constituency.

Residents, 202113,995council ward average 13,186
Households5,6792.46 residents per household
Density3,560/ km²about 3.93 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+16.6%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 22.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 825
5–97.3% · 1,018
10–158.9% · 1,250
16–194.9% · 685
20–245.6% · 780
25–3412.7% · 1,775
35–4919.7% · 2,755
50–6418.5% · 2,583
65–748.7% · 1,211
75–845.9% · 829
85+2.0% · 279

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van32.8% · 1,866
1 car or van42.7% · 2,427
2 cars or vans18.7% · 1,065
3 or more5.7% · 323
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.8% · 1,523
With mortgage20.1% · 1,140
Shared ownership0.4% · 20
Social rented36.4% · 2,065
Private rented15.8% · 896
Lives rent free0.6% · 35

Type of home

Detached house9.9% · 561
Semi-detached house49.5% · 2,811
Terraced house20.3% · 1,153
Purpose-built flat18.7% · 1,061
Converted house1.0% · 57
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.6% · 32
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.