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Electoral wardE05016611

Bristnall ward, Sandwell

Bristnall is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,556 residents in 5,751 households — 6,244 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population.

Residents, 202115,556council ward average 14,244
Households5,7512.7 residents per household
Density6,244/ km²about 2.49 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+15.4%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 873
5–97.0% · 1,095
10–158.8% · 1,362
16–195.2% · 801
20–246.2% · 962
25–3412.8% · 1,988
35–4919.8% · 3,081
50–6419.2% · 2,993
65–748.5% · 1,321
75–844.9% · 769
85+2.0% · 306

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.3% · 1,516
1 car or van41.3% · 2,376
2 cars or vans24.6% · 1,416
3 or more7.8% · 447
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.

Owned outright31.4% · 1,807
With mortgage28.6% · 1,645
Shared ownership0.2% · 13
Social rented23.6% · 1,359
Private rented15.5% · 892
Lives rent free0.6% · 35

Type of home

Detached house9.6% · 549
Semi-detached house57.4% · 3,300
Terraced house23.3% · 1,341
Purpose-built flat8.2% · 471
Converted house0.7% · 38
Other conversion0.1% · 8
Above shop / office0.7% · 38
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05016611
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
2 of 24

All 24 wards of Sandwell

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.