Electoral wardE05016609
Bearwood ward, Sandwell
Bearwood is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,306 residents in 5,837 households — 6,154 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,306council ward average 14,244
Households5,8372.45 residents per household
Density6,154/ km²about 2.32 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+12.2%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 927
5–97.3% · 1,040
10–157.4% · 1,057
16–194.0% · 573
20–246.3% · 904
25–3416.3% · 2,330
35–4923.0% · 3,293
50–6417.0% · 2,429
65–746.5% · 936
75–844.1% · 580
85+1.6% · 232
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.9% · 1,923
1 car or van45.0% · 2,625
2 cars or vans17.8% · 1,038
3 or more4.3% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright28.8% · 1,683
With mortgage26.9% · 1,567
Shared ownership0.5% · 32
Social rented11.0% · 641
Private rented32.5% · 1,897
Lives rent free0.3% · 15
Type of home
Detached house4.7% · 273
Semi-detached house21.0% · 1,225
Terraced house57.7% · 3,370
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 683
Converted house2.9% · 167
Other conversion0.5% · 27
Above shop / office1.7% · 98
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016609- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 24
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.