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Electoral wardE05014857

Wednesfield South ward, City of Wolverhampton

Wednesfield South is one of 20 electoral wards of Wolverhampton City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,902 residents in 5,671 households — 2,929 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wolverhampton North East constituency.

Residents, 202113,902council ward average 13,186
Households5,6712.45 residents per household
Density2,929/ km²about 4.75 km² · City of Wolverhampton 3,798
Aged 65+18.5%City of Wolverhampton: 16.4% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 839
5–96.2% · 866
10–157.8% · 1,086
16–194.4% · 615
20–245.4% · 746
25–3413.0% · 1,802
35–4918.7% · 2,606
50–6419.9% · 2,765
65–749.7% · 1,343
75–846.4% · 892
85+2.4% · 339

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.1% · 1,477
1 car or van40.7% · 2,308
2 cars or vans24.7% · 1,401
3 or more8.5% · 483
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.8% · 1,919
With mortgage28.4% · 1,609
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented22.2% · 1,257
Private rented15.0% · 850
Lives rent free0.3% · 16

Type of home

Detached house14.8% · 839
Semi-detached house51.4% · 2,918
Terraced house16.6% · 944
Purpose-built flat14.5% · 822
Converted house1.6% · 89
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 50
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014857
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
17 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% owned12,733HHeath 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% owned10,527

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.