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Astwood Bank & Feckenham ward, Redditch

Astwood Bank & Feckenham is one of 9 electoral wards of Redditch Borough Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,790 residents in 3,781 households — 356 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Redditch constituency; for county elections it is in the Redditch South division.

Residents, 20218,790council ward average 9,670
Households3,7812.32 residents per household
Density356/ km²about 24.69 km² · Redditch 1,605
Aged 65+23.0%Redditch: 18.5% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 405
5–95.0% · 438
10–157.1% · 624
16–193.9% · 345
20–244.3% · 381
25–3410.8% · 946
35–4918.1% · 1,592
50–6423.2% · 2,040
65–7412.9% · 1,135
75–847.5% · 658
85+2.6% · 232

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.1% · 420
1 car or van35.3% · 1,332
2 cars or vans36.3% · 1,370
3 or more17.4% · 656
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Redditch overall: 64.4% owned, 20.1% social rented, 14.4% private rented.

Owned outright39.2% · 1,485
With mortgage36.1% · 1,366
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented10.7% · 406
Private rented13.4% · 507
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house44.8% · 1,693
Semi-detached house24.7% · 935
Terraced house18.6% · 702
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 361
Converted house1.3% · 49
Other conversion0.5% · 19
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.