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Electoral wardE05014848

Heath Town ward, City of Wolverhampton

Heath Town is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,770 residents in 5,594 households — 4,022 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton North East constituency.

Residents, 202113,770council ward average 13,186
Households5,5942.46 residents per household
Density4,022/ km²about 3.42 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+9.8%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.7% · 1,055
5–97.2% · 991
10–158.2% · 1,124
16–194.6% · 639
20–249.0% · 1,246
25–3416.6% · 2,281
35–4921.0% · 2,897
50–6415.9% · 2,186
65–745.2% · 711
75–843.2% · 438
85+1.5% · 201

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van45.0% · 2,516
1 car or van38.9% · 2,178
2 cars or vans12.7% · 713
3 or more3.3% · 187
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright14.8% · 829
With mortgage12.7% · 710
Shared ownership0.9% · 53
Social rented47.6% · 2,664
Private rented23.6% · 1,322
Lives rent free0.3% · 18

Type of home

Detached house6.4% · 358
Semi-detached house25.5% · 1,425
Terraced house21.6% · 1,208
Purpose-built flat43.4% · 2,432
Converted house1.3% · 71
Other conversion0.5% · 29
Above shop / office1.3% · 74
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014848
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
10 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBushbury North19.4% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned12,996BBushbury South & Low Hill11.5% aged 65+ · 38.6% owned15,500FFallings Park16.0% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned12,733OOxley14.0% 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.