Electoral wardE05015923
St. Thomas's ward, Dudley
St. Thomas's is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,937 residents in 6,350 households — 4,042 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dudley constituency.
Residents, 202116,937council ward average 13,478
Households6,3502.67 residents per household
Density4,042/ km²about 4.19 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+11.5%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 24.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.8% · 1,321
5–97.9% · 1,346
10–159.1% · 1,547
16–195.7% · 974
20–246.3% · 1,063
25–3416.0% · 2,703
35–4919.6% · 3,327
50–6416.0% · 2,707
65–746.5% · 1,097
75–843.6% · 607
85+1.5% · 252
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.7% · 1,946
1 car or van40.6% · 2,575
2 cars or vans21.6% · 1,370
3 or more7.2% · 456
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright24.2% · 1,538
With mortgage23.4% · 1,488
Shared ownership0.3% · 17
Social rented26.9% · 1,706
Private rented24.4% · 1,547
Lives rent free0.8% · 51
Type of home
Detached house11.8% · 751
Semi-detached house46.1% · 2,930
Terraced house24.0% · 1,523
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 816
Converted house2.3% · 148
Other conversion1.6% · 101
Above shop / office1.2% · 77
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015923- Constituency
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 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. James's17.8% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned13,790UUpper 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.