Electoral wardE05016415
Wyken ward, Coventry
Wyken is one of 18 electoral wards of Coventry City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 18,672 residents in 7,417 households — 3,729 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202118,672council ward average 19,184
Households7,4172.52 residents per household
Density3,729/ km²about 5.01 km² · Coventry 3,500
Aged 65+16.6%Coventry: 14.6% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 1,006
5–97.1% · 1,325
10–159.0% · 1,672
16–194.5% · 842
20–245.4% · 1,006
25–3413.1% · 2,446
35–4920.6% · 3,842
50–6418.4% · 3,434
65–748.5% · 1,591
75–845.8% · 1,074
85+2.3% · 428
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.7% · 1,684
1 car or van42.3% · 3,139
2 cars or vans26.5% · 1,964
3 or more8.5% · 629
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Coventry overall: 57.4% owned, 17.0% social rented, 24.7% private rented.
Owned outright33.3% · 2,470
With mortgage32.1% · 2,383
Shared ownership0.5% · 37
Social rented13.9% · 1,031
Private rented19.8% · 1,468
Lives rent free0.4% · 29
Type of home
Detached house13.7% · 1,019
Semi-detached house30.1% · 2,239
Terraced house41.5% · 3,086
Purpose-built flat13.6% · 1,010
Converted house0.5% · 36
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016415- Council
- Coventry City Council
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 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 12 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.