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Cradley North & Wollescote ward, Dudley

Cradley North & Wollescote is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,371 residents in 4,865 households — 3,428 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Halesowen constituency.

Residents, 202111,371council ward average 13,478
Households4,8652.34 residents per household
Density3,428/ km²about 3.32 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+18.9%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 635
5–95.6% · 637
10–157.0% · 797
16–193.5% · 400
20–246.1% · 695
25–3415.8% · 1,793
35–4918.2% · 2,073
50–6419.3% · 2,190
65–7410.7% · 1,219
75–846.2% · 707
85+2.0% · 229

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.6% · 951
1 car or van41.7% · 2,028
2 cars or vans28.8% · 1,402
3 or more9.9% · 483
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.

Owned outright35.1% · 1,708
With mortgage30.9% · 1,503
Shared ownership0.5% · 23
Social rented14.3% · 698
Private rented19.0% · 924
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house16.5% · 801
Semi-detached house47.6% · 2,314
Terraced house21.8% · 1,058
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 600
Converted house0.8% · 41
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.6% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.