Electoral wardE05008974
Benn ward, Rugby
Benn is one of 16 electoral wards of Rugby Borough Council, in Warwickshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,343 residents in 4,140 households — 5,999 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rugby constituency; for county elections it is in the Benn and Eastlands divisions.
Residents, 20219,343council ward average 7,147
Households4,1402.26 residents per household
Density5,999/ km²about 1.56 km² · Rugby 326
Aged 65+11.5%Rugby: 18.2% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 511
5–94.8% · 452
10–156.1% · 568
16–193.3% · 310
20–247.7% · 719
25–3421.5% · 2,007
35–4922.8% · 2,127
50–6416.9% · 1,577
65–746.1% · 566
75–843.7% · 346
85+1.7% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.1% · 1,369
1 car or van45.7% · 1,894
2 cars or vans16.7% · 690
3 or more4.5% · 187
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rugby overall: 67.5% owned, 12.9% social rented, 18.0% private rented.
Owned outright18.6% · 770
With mortgage19.6% · 810
Shared ownership0.6% · 26
Social rented15.9% · 657
Private rented45.0% · 1,865
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house4.5% · 186
Semi-detached house10.3% · 427
Terraced house50.8% · 2,102
Purpose-built flat25.3% · 1,046
Converted house5.1% · 213
Other conversion2.1% · 88
Above shop / office1.8% · 75
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05008974- Council
- Rugby Borough Council
- County council
- Warwickshire County Council
- County division
- Benn, Eastlands
- Constituency
- Rugby
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 16
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAdmirals and Cawston13.0% aged 65+ · 69.8% owned9,847BBilton32.1% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned6,550CClifton, Newton and Churchover17.2% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned2,946CCoton and Boughton10.3% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned8,108EEastlands13.9% aged 65+ · 62.7% owned8,583HHillmorton19.6% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned7,748NNew Bilton12.8% aged 65+ · 49.8% owned8,166NNewbold and Brownsover11.9% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned9,276PPaddox19.8% aged 65+ · 83.7% owned7,358RRevel and Binley Woods29.2% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned6,407RRokeby and Overslade24.3% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned7,700WWolston and the Lawfords18.1% aged 65+ · 71.1% owned8,351WWolvey and Shilton21.1% aged 65+ · 71.8% owned2,938
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.