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Electoral wardE05014849

Merry Hill ward, City of Wolverhampton

Merry Hill is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,371 residents in 5,169 households — 5,030 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton West constituency.

Residents, 202112,371council ward average 13,186
Households5,1692.39 residents per household
Density5,030/ km²about 2.46 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+20.1%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 747
5–96.1% · 749
10–157.6% · 938
16–194.3% · 528
20–245.4% · 665
25–3411.0% · 1,361
35–4919.5% · 2,418
50–6420.1% · 2,487
65–7411.1% · 1,378
75–846.6% · 821
85+2.3% · 282

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.0% · 1,136
1 car or van40.2% · 2,078
2 cars or vans27.4% · 1,415
3 or more10.5% · 541
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.4% · 1,882
With mortgage30.1% · 1,559
Shared ownership0.4% · 23
Social rented21.0% · 1,089
Private rented11.6% · 600
Lives rent free0.4% · 21

Type of home

Detached house20.8% · 1,074
Semi-detached house50.0% · 2,582
Terraced house10.2% · 525
Purpose-built flat17.8% · 920
Converted house0.7% · 38
Above shop / office0.5% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014849
Constituency
Wolverhampton West
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
3 of 20

Other wards in the same constituency

BBlakenhall17.0% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned12,614BBushbury North19.4% aged 65+ · 64.0% owned12,996GGraiseley14.1% aged 65+ · 45.6% owned12,944OOxley14.0% 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.