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Electoral wardE05015395

Upper Howsell ward, Malvern Hills

Upper Howsell is one of 18 electoral wards of Malvern Hills District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 1,907 residents in 802 households — 3,992 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Worcestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Malvern Trinity division.

Residents, 20211,907council ward average 4,416
Households8022.38 residents per household
Density3,992/ km²about 0.48 km² · Malvern Hills 138
Aged 65+19.3%Malvern Hills: 28.0% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 77
5–95.3% · 101
10–158.6% · 164
16–195.2% · 99
20–245.0% · 96
25–3412.0% · 230
35–4919.1% · 365
50–6421.5% · 411
65–7410.9% · 208
75–846.3% · 120
85+2.1% · 41

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van17.2% · 138
1 car or van40.7% · 326
2 cars or vans29.1% · 233
3 or more13.0% · 104
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Malvern Hills overall: 71.0% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.4% private rented.

Owned outright34.5% · 276
With mortgage28.6% · 229
Shared ownership1.5% · 12
Social rented22.5% · 180
Private rented13.0% · 104

Type of home

Detached house12.7% · 102
Semi-detached house65.0% · 522
Terraced house13.1% · 105
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 61
Converted house0.9% · 7
Other conversion0.4% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 3
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 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.