Electoral wardE05015922
St. James's ward, Dudley
St. James's is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,790 residents in 6,156 households — 3,797 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dudley constituency.
Residents, 202113,790council ward average 13,478
Households6,1562.24 residents per household
Density3,797/ km²about 3.63 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+17.8%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 939
5–96.0% · 822
10–156.5% · 903
16–194.2% · 574
20–245.6% · 776
25–3414.3% · 1,972
35–4918.9% · 2,609
50–6419.9% · 2,753
65–748.6% · 1,181
75–846.0% · 826
85+3.3% · 450
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.4% · 1,933
1 car or van38.1% · 2,341
2 cars or vans22.4% · 1,379
3 or more8.1% · 497
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright28.4% · 1,745
With mortgage21.9% · 1,348
Shared ownership0.4% · 27
Social rented30.5% · 1,874
Private rented18.3% · 1,128
Lives rent free0.5% · 29
Type of home
Detached house19.4% · 1,195
Semi-detached house42.6% · 2,621
Terraced house6.6% · 409
Purpose-built flat27.4% · 1,686
Converted house1.4% · 89
Other conversion1.5% · 90
Above shop / office1.0% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015922- Constituency
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 24
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrockmoor & Pensnett15.8% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned13,520CCastle & Priory11.7% aged 65+ · 53.8% owned14,699CCoseley18.5% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned13,087GGornal23.0% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned13,905SSedgley25.9% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned14,248SSt. 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.