Electoral wardE05016402
Foleshill ward, Coventry
Foleshill is one of 18 electoral wards of Coventry City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 22,478 residents in 7,450 households — 5,827 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202122,478council ward average 19,184
Households7,4503.02 residents per household
Density5,827/ km²about 3.86 km² · Coventry 3,500
Aged 65+7.4%Coventry: 14.6% · under 16: 26.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.2% · 1,839
5–98.7% · 1,945
10–1510.1% · 2,261
16–196.2% · 1,404
20–247.8% · 1,745
25–3416.4% · 3,684
35–4922.2% · 4,989
50–6413.2% · 2,960
65–744.2% · 944
75–842.2% · 498
85+1.0% · 216
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.6% · 2,798
1 car or van41.2% · 3,066
2 cars or vans16.0% · 1,189
3 or more5.3% · 394
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Coventry overall: 57.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 24.7% private rented.
Owned outright19.4% · 1,443
With mortgage18.2% · 1,354
Shared ownership0.8% · 62
Social rented24.8% · 1,847
Private rented36.5% · 2,718
Lives rent free0.2% · 16
Type of home
Detached house11.9% · 886
Semi-detached house22.9% · 1,708
Terraced house47.1% · 3,509
Purpose-built flat13.9% · 1,036
Converted house2.2% · 166
Other conversion0.6% · 46
Above shop / office1.1% · 85
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016402- Council
- Coventry City Council
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 18
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 13 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.