Electoral wardE05015905
Brierley Hill & Wordsley South ward, Dudley
Brierley Hill & Wordsley South is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,057 residents in 6,763 households — 3,297 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stourbridge constituency.
Residents, 202115,057council ward average 13,478
Households6,7632.23 residents per household
Density3,297/ km²about 4.57 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+14.8%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 1,079
5–96.4% · 962
10–157.0% · 1,047
16–194.5% · 679
20–246.6% · 1,001
25–3416.3% · 2,460
35–4919.3% · 2,907
50–6417.9% · 2,703
65–748.2% · 1,239
75–844.8% · 725
85+1.7% · 260
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.8% · 2,013
1 car or van41.2% · 2,786
2 cars or vans21.9% · 1,480
3 or more7.1% · 478
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright22.8% · 1,544
With mortgage25.1% · 1,695
Shared ownership0.2% · 15
Social rented32.0% · 2,165
Private rented19.4% · 1,315
Lives rent free0.5% · 31
Type of home
Detached house8.6% · 582
Semi-detached house44.3% · 2,991
Terraced house19.1% · 1,291
Purpose-built flat23.7% · 1,603
Converted house1.3% · 87
Other conversion1.5% · 100
Above shop / office1.4% · 94
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015905- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 24
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmblecote19.9% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned14,965LLye & Stourbridge North17.9% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned12,719NNetherton & Holly Hall16.7% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned14,518NNorton27.8% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned11,854PPedmore & Stourbridge East26.7% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned13,926WWollaston & Stourbridge Town23.9% aged 65+ · 69.0% owned11,882
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.