Electoral wardE05015617
Central ward, Redditch
Central is one of 9 electoral wards of Redditch Borough Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,203 residents in 4,577 households — 2,108 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Redditch constituency; for county elections it is in the Redditch Central and Redditch West divisions.
Residents, 202111,203council ward average 9,670
Households4,5772.45 residents per household
Density2,108/ km²about 5.32 km² · Redditch 1,605
Aged 65+14.6%Redditch: 18.5% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 722
5–95.9% · 666
10–156.5% · 732
16–194.5% · 500
20–246.4% · 712
25–3417.1% · 1,915
35–4921.8% · 2,437
50–6416.8% · 1,880
65–748.2% · 921
75–844.5% · 508
85+1.8% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.0% · 1,052
1 car or van39.9% · 1,826
2 cars or vans27.5% · 1,258
3 or more9.6% · 439
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Redditch overall: 64.4% owned, 20.1% social rented, 14.4% private rented.
Owned outright26.9% · 1,231
With mortgage30.1% · 1,376
Shared ownership1.6% · 71
Social rented14.9% · 683
Private rented26.4% · 1,207
Lives rent free0.2% · 8
Type of home
Detached house21.5% · 982
Semi-detached house33.9% · 1,549
Terraced house16.4% · 751
Purpose-built flat22.3% · 1,021
Converted house3.7% · 168
Other conversion1.5% · 67
Above shop / office0.7% · 33
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015617- Council
- Redditch Borough Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Redditch Central, Redditch West
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 9
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstwood Bank & Feckenham23.0% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned8,790BBatchley & Brockhill13.3% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned9,334GGreenlands & Lakeside16.7% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned10,359HHeadless Cross & Oakenshaw24.2% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned8,362MMatchborough & Woodrow15.5% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned10,723NNorth19.8% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned9,282WWebheath & Callow Hill20.5% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned9,187WWinyates21.5% aged 65+ · 70.1% owned9,792
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.