Electoral wardE05015924
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton ward, Dudley
Upper Gornal & Woodsetton is one of 24 electoral wards of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,644 residents in 5,690 households — 4,172 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Dudley constituency.
Residents, 202113,644council ward average 13,478
Households5,6902.4 residents per household
Density4,172/ km²about 3.27 km² · Dudley 3,302
Aged 65+20.9%Dudley: 20.4% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 716
5–96.3% · 855
10–157.3% · 992
16–194.0% · 544
20–244.9% · 667
25–3413.1% · 1,784
35–4917.7% · 2,415
50–6420.7% · 2,827
65–749.9% · 1,357
75–847.6% · 1,039
85+3.3% · 450
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.0% · 1,255
1 car or van40.2% · 2,290
2 cars or vans28.0% · 1,595
3 or more9.7% · 553
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Dudley overall: 66.4% owned, 19.0% social rented, 13.8% private rented.
Owned outright38.6% · 2,194
With mortgage29.1% · 1,653
Shared ownership0.4% · 25
Social rented20.9% · 1,190
Private rented10.7% · 606
Lives rent free0.3% · 19
Type of home
Detached house15.7% · 895
Semi-detached house61.5% · 3,495
Terraced house11.8% · 671
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 545
Converted house0.7% · 41
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015924- Constituency
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 24
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% owned13,790SSt. Thomas's11.5% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned16,937
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.