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Town ward, East Staffordshire

Town is one of 16 electoral wards of East Staffordshire Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,958 residents in 2,204 households — 568 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Burton and Uttoxeter constituency; for county elections it is in the Uttoxeter Town division.

Residents, 20214,958council ward average 7,751
Households2,2042.25 residents per household
Density568/ km²about 8.73 km² · East Staffordshire 320
Aged 65+21.3%East Staffordshire: 18.6% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 238
5–94.5% · 221
10–156.8% · 336
16–194.7% · 233
20–245.3% · 261
25–3412.6% · 624
35–4917.2% · 852
50–6423.0% · 1,140
65–7411.2% · 557
75–846.7% · 334
85+3.3% · 163

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.1% · 377
1 car or van38.4% · 845
2 cars or vans33.0% · 728
3 or more11.5% · 253
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; East Staffordshire overall: 66.8% owned, 12.9% social rented, 19.5% private rented.

Owned outright39.7% · 875
With mortgage31.7% · 699
Shared ownership0.7% · 15
Social rented9.2% · 202
Private rented18.7% · 412
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house44.3% · 977
Semi-detached house25.8% · 568
Terraced house16.1% · 356
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 247
Converted house1.0% · 21
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office1.2% · 27
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.