Electoral wardE05014852
Penn ward, City of Wolverhampton
Penn is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,854 residents in 4,981 households — 4,169 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton West constituency.
Residents, 202112,854council ward average 13,186
Households4,9812.58 residents per household
Density4,169/ km²about 3.08 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+22.1%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 625
5–95.9% · 755
10–157.2% · 921
16–193.9% · 506
20–244.4% · 569
25–3411.3% · 1,454
35–4919.3% · 2,475
50–6421.1% · 2,707
65–7411.5% · 1,473
75–847.5% · 970
85+3.1% · 401
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 696
1 car or van38.6% · 1,927
2 cars or vans33.9% · 1,688
3 or more13.5% · 675
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Wolverhampton overall: 55.0% owned, 25.2% social rented, 19.0% private rented.
Owned outright47.1% · 2,344
With mortgage35.3% · 1,756
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented4.4% · 221
Private rented13.0% · 645
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house34.1% · 1,699
Semi-detached house50.9% · 2,536
Terraced house7.4% · 371
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 299
Converted house1.1% · 55
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014852- Council
- Wolverhampton City Council
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 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% owned12,944MMerry Hill20.1% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned12,371OOxley14.0% aged 65+ · 59.4% owned13,039PPark15.4% aged 65+ · 48.1% owned14,233SSt Peters6.6% aged 65+ · 27.3% owned13,566TTettenhall Regis21.9% aged 65+ · 78.9% owned11,174TTettenhall Wightwick27.8% aged 65+ · 72.0% owned12,529
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.