Electoral wardE05015397
West ward, Malvern Hills
West is one of 18 electoral wards of Malvern Hills District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,786 residents in 2,994 households — 820 people per km², the 2nd 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, 20216,786council ward average 4,416
Households2,9942.27 residents per household
Density820/ km²about 8.28 km² · Malvern Hills 138
Aged 65+21.8%Malvern Hills: 28.0% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 279
5–96.1% · 411
10–156.9% · 466
16–193.8% · 259
20–245.0% · 338
25–349.9% · 671
35–4919.0% · 1,290
50–6423.5% · 1,596
65–7412.6% · 853
75–847.1% · 482
85+2.1% · 143
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.1% · 331
1 car or van41.0% · 1,228
2 cars or vans35.8% · 1,072
3 or more12.1% · 363
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Malvern Hills overall: 71.0% owned, 14.3% social rented, 13.4% private rented.
Owned outright41.1% · 1,231
With mortgage32.0% · 957
Shared ownership2.0% · 61
Social rented11.3% · 339
Private rented13.5% · 405
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house37.4% · 1,119
Semi-detached house38.0% · 1,138
Terraced house11.5% · 345
Purpose-built flat8.0% · 240
Converted house2.6% · 79
Other conversion1.6% · 47
Above shop / office0.7% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015397- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Malvern Trinity
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 18
Parishes in the ward
MalvernWest Malvern
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% owned2,294LLink29.1% aged 65+ · 65.5% owned6,300LLongdon30.3% 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% owned5,854
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.