Electoral wardE05015620
Matchborough & Woodrow ward, Redditch
Matchborough & Woodrow is one of 9 electoral wards of Redditch Borough Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,723 residents in 4,194 households — 2,566 people per km², the 2nd 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 East divisions.
Residents, 202110,723council ward average 9,670
Households4,1942.56 residents per household
Density2,566/ km²about 4.18 km² · Redditch 1,605
Aged 65+15.5%Redditch: 18.5% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 681
5–97.0% · 750
10–158.6% · 927
16–194.6% · 488
20–245.7% · 612
25–3415.4% · 1,646
35–4920.8% · 2,226
50–6416.2% · 1,734
65–749.9% · 1,062
75–844.7% · 508
85+0.8% · 87
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.6% · 824
1 car or van41.5% · 1,741
2 cars or vans28.8% · 1,209
3 or more10.1% · 422
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Redditch overall: 64.4% owned, 20.1% social rented, 14.4% private rented.
Owned outright25.0% · 1,049
With mortgage31.3% · 1,313
Shared ownership1.6% · 65
Social rented27.3% · 1,146
Private rented14.6% · 610
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house18.0% · 753
Semi-detached house24.8% · 1,040
Terraced house45.3% · 1,898
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 460
Converted house0.7% · 28
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015620- Council
- Redditch Borough Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Redditch Central, Redditch East
- Constituency
- Redditch
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned10,359HHeadless Cross & Oakenshaw24.2% aged 65+ · 68.8% owned8,362NNorth19.8% 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.