Electoral wardE05015389
Link ward, Malvern Hills
Link is one of 18 electoral wards of Malvern Hills District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,300 residents in 3,036 households — 1,434 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Worcestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Malvern Link and Malvern Trinity divisions.
Residents, 20216,300council ward average 4,416
Households3,0362.08 residents per household
Density1,434/ km²about 4.39 km² · Malvern Hills 138
Aged 65+29.1%Malvern Hills: 28.0% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 238
5–94.8% · 305
10–155.6% · 352
16–193.5% · 220
20–243.7% · 236
25–3410.9% · 684
35–4915.9% · 1,000
50–6422.7% · 1,434
65–7413.1% · 826
75–8410.7% · 675
85+5.3% · 334
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 618
1 car or van44.8% · 1,359
2 cars or vans25.9% · 785
3 or more9.0% · 273
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Malvern Hills overall: 71.0% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.4% private rented.
Owned outright44.1% · 1,337
With mortgage21.4% · 650
Shared ownership1.5% · 44
Social rented16.8% · 511
Private rented16.1% · 489
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house28.4% · 864
Semi-detached house31.8% · 967
Terraced house16.4% · 499
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 516
Converted house3.1% · 93
Other conversion1.4% · 44
Above shop / office1.2% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015389- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Malvern Link, Malvern Trinity
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 18
Parishes in the ward
MalvernNewland
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlfrick, Leigh & Rushwick29.0% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned6,098BBaldwin27.6% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,667BBarnards Green27.6% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned9,087BBroadheath25.3% aged 65+ · 85.0% owned1,568CCastlemorton, Welland & Wells31.4% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned5,596GGreat Malvern34.2% aged 65+ · 65.0% owned4,240HHallow & Holt26.3% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned2,067KKempsey24.7% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned5,043LLindridge30.1% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned2,294LLongdon30.3% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned2,158MMartley25.8% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned1,992PPickersleigh21.1% aged 65+ · 48.8% owned3,356PPowick & the Hanleys30.8% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned5,854TTenbury31.1% aged 65+ · 64.7% owned3,924
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.