Electoral wardE05016610
Blackheath ward, Sandwell
Blackheath is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,524 residents in 6,997 households — 4,468 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,524council ward average 14,244
Households6,9972.36 residents per household
Density4,468/ km²about 3.70 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+19.1%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 944
5–96.0% · 987
10–157.1% · 1,174
16–194.6% · 758
20–245.7% · 949
25–3413.7% · 2,259
35–4917.9% · 2,954
50–6420.2% · 3,336
65–749.7% · 1,602
75–847.3% · 1,199
85+2.2% · 363
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.6% · 1,863
1 car or van42.9% · 3,000
2 cars or vans23.2% · 1,621
3 or more7.3% · 511
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright31.4% · 2,200
With mortgage27.6% · 1,932
Shared ownership0.5% · 32
Social rented26.3% · 1,839
Private rented13.9% · 972
Lives rent free0.3% · 23
Type of home
Detached house15.8% · 1,107
Semi-detached house42.2% · 2,950
Terraced house26.0% · 1,819
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 931
Converted house1.7% · 117
Other conversion0.2% · 17
Above shop / office0.8% · 54
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016610- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.