Electoral wardE05015918
Norton ward, Dudley
Norton is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,854 residents in 5,098 households — 2,083 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stourbridge constituency.
Residents, 202111,854council ward average 13,478
Households5,0982.33 residents per household
Density2,083/ km²about 5.69 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+27.8%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 510
5–95.2% · 613
10–156.7% · 798
16–193.9% · 457
20–244.0% · 470
25–349.5% · 1,131
35–4917.0% · 2,013
50–6421.7% · 2,569
65–7414.7% · 1,742
75–849.6% · 1,143
85+3.4% · 406
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.1% · 670
1 car or van35.9% · 1,830
2 cars or vans36.4% · 1,857
3 or more14.5% · 739
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright49.4% · 2,521
With mortgage31.8% · 1,623
Shared ownership0.1% · 7
Social rented10.7% · 547
Private rented7.6% · 390
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house38.6% · 1,965
Semi-detached house40.6% · 2,071
Terraced house13.9% · 708
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 259
Converted house1.4% · 72
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015918- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 24
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmblecote19.9% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned14,965BBrierley Hill & Wordsley South14.8% aged 65+ · 47.9% owned15,057LLye & Stourbridge North17.9% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned12,719NNetherton & Holly Hall16.7% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned14,518PPedmore & 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.