Electoral wardE05015907
Castle & Priory ward, Dudley
Castle & Priory is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,699 residents in 5,471 households — 3,684 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dudley constituency.
Residents, 202114,699council ward average 13,478
Households5,4712.69 residents per household
Density3,684/ km²about 3.99 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+11.7%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 24.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 994
5–98.4% · 1,229
10–159.1% · 1,336
16–195.2% · 768
20–246.0% · 876
25–3414.9% · 2,192
35–4920.1% · 2,958
50–6417.9% · 2,629
65–746.6% · 975
75–843.5% · 509
85+1.6% · 233
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.3% · 1,166
1 car or van42.4% · 2,322
2 cars or vans26.7% · 1,461
3 or more9.5% · 522
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright24.6% · 1,344
With mortgage29.2% · 1,599
Shared ownership1.2% · 65
Social rented30.4% · 1,664
Private rented14.3% · 783
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house18.2% · 994
Semi-detached house51.8% · 2,833
Terraced house17.8% · 971
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 558
Converted house0.8% · 42
Other conversion0.8% · 46
Above shop / office0.4% · 23
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015907- Constituency
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrockmoor & Pensnett15.8% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned13,520CCoseley18.5% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned13,087GGornal23.0% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned13,905SSedgley25.9% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned14,248SSt. James's17.8% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned13,790SSt. Thomas's11.5% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned16,937UUpper Gornal & Woodsetton20.9% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned13,644
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.