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Electoral wardE05009440

Backbury ward, Herefordshire

Backbury is one of 53 electoral wards of Herefordshire Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,201 residents in 1,351 households — 67 people per km², the 43rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the North Herefordshire constituency.

Residents, 20213,201council ward average 3,529
Households1,3512.37 residents per household
Density67/ km²about 47.49 km² · Herefordshire 86
Aged 65+28.8%Herefordshire: 25.9% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 136
5–95.0% · 160
10–157.2% · 229
16–194.0% · 128
20–243.8% · 122
25–347.9% · 254
35–4915.8% · 505
50–6423.2% · 744
65–7414.2% · 456
75–8410.1% · 323
85+4.5% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.0% · 108
1 car or van35.0% · 473
2 cars or vans39.2% · 530
3 or more17.8% · 240
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Herefordshire overall: 66.4% owned, 13.7% social rented, 18.8% private rented.

Owned outright45.1% · 608
With mortgage26.3% · 355
Shared ownership2.0% · 27
Social rented11.9% · 160
Private rented14.7% · 198
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house57.3% · 774
Semi-detached house26.6% · 360
Terraced house7.5% · 102
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 59
Converted house1.6% · 22
Other conversion0.8% · 11
Above shop / office0.4% · 5
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 18
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05009440
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
35 of 53

Parishes in the ward

DormingtonFownhopeHampton BishopMordifordStoke EdithTarrington

Other wards in the same constituency

AArrow32.4% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned3,653BBircher33.9% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned3,817BBishops Frome & Cradley30.4% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned3,072BBromyard Bringsty34.0% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned3,466BBromyard West25.3% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned3,277CCastle32.6% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned3,149CCredenhill22.5% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned3,698HHagley20.4% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned4,298HHampton33.1% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned3,489HHolmer20.7% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned4,228HHope End33.8% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned3,569KKington29.5% aged 65+ · 55.8% owned3,218LLedbury North38.3% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned2,878LLedbury South33.0% aged 65+ · 67.9% owned3,544

All 53 wards of Herefordshire

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.