Electoral wardE05015619
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw ward, Redditch
Headless Cross & Oakenshaw is one of 9 electoral wards of Redditch Borough Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,362 residents in 3,794 households — 2,953 people per km², the 9th 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, 20218,362council ward average 9,670
Households3,7942.2 residents per household
Density2,953/ km²about 2.83 km² · Redditch 1,605
Aged 65+24.2%Redditch: 18.5% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 395
5–95.2% · 432
10–156.1% · 511
16–193.6% · 300
20–244.8% · 399
25–3411.7% · 976
35–4918.3% · 1,526
50–6421.5% · 1,799
65–7412.6% · 1,055
75–848.6% · 721
85+3.0% · 247
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.1% · 687
1 car or van39.5% · 1,498
2 cars or vans30.6% · 1,162
3 or more11.8% · 446
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Redditch overall: 64.4% owned, 20.1% social rented, 14.4% private rented.
Owned outright36.7% · 1,390
With mortgage32.1% · 1,217
Shared ownership0.1% · 5
Social rented18.3% · 694
Private rented12.6% · 476
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house31.6% · 1,201
Semi-detached house35.5% · 1,347
Terraced house18.6% · 706
Purpose-built flat12.2% · 464
Converted house1.3% · 49
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.7% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015619- Council
- Redditch Borough Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Redditch South
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 9
Other wards in the same constituency
AAstwood Bank & Feckenham23.0% aged 65+ · 75.3% owned8,790BBatchley & Brockhill13.3% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned9,334CCentral14.6% aged 65+ · 57.0% owned11,203GGreenlands & Lakeside16.7% aged 65+ · 60.6% owned10,359MMatchborough & 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.