Electoral wardE05015904
Belle Vale ward, Dudley
Belle Vale is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,331 residents in 5,850 households — 3,482 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Halesowen constituency.
Residents, 202113,331council ward average 13,478
Households5,8502.28 residents per household
Density3,482/ km²about 3.83 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+19.6%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 748
5–96.1% · 806
10–157.4% · 989
16–194.7% · 626
20–245.2% · 693
25–3413.6% · 1,807
35–4919.1% · 2,537
50–6418.8% · 2,503
65–7410.5% · 1,392
75–846.7% · 886
85+2.5% · 328
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.5% · 1,374
1 car or van41.4% · 2,425
2 cars or vans26.8% · 1,570
3 or more8.3% · 484
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright33.2% · 1,941
With mortgage29.0% · 1,699
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented22.8% · 1,331
Private rented14.3% · 837
Lives rent free0.3% · 19
Type of home
Detached house11.3% · 663
Semi-detached house43.8% · 2,563
Terraced house21.2% · 1,240
Purpose-built flat21.3% · 1,248
Converted house0.7% · 43
Other conversion0.3% · 19
Above shop / office1.0% · 60
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015904- Constituency
- Halesowen
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
CCradley North & Wollescote18.9% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned11,371HHalesowen North17.9% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned13,358HHalesowen South27.2% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned12,245HHayley Green & Cradley South22.4% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned12,990LLye & Stourbridge North17.9% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned12,719QQuarry Bank & Dudley Wood18.3% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned13,589
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.