Electoral wardE05016613
Cradley Heath & Old Hill ward, Sandwell
Cradley Heath & Old Hill is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,321 residents in 5,527 households — 3,822 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,321council ward average 14,244
Households5,5272.41 residents per household
Density3,822/ km²about 3.49 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+16.7%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 21.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 879
5–96.8% · 912
10–158.1% · 1,076
16–194.4% · 592
20–245.5% · 738
25–3414.4% · 1,922
35–4919.5% · 2,605
50–6417.9% · 2,384
65–748.9% · 1,192
75–845.2% · 699
85+2.5% · 331
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.1% · 1,498
1 car or van40.8% · 2,255
2 cars or vans24.0% · 1,325
3 or more8.0% · 444
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright27.2% · 1,503
With mortgage25.5% · 1,407
Shared ownership0.7% · 36
Social rented28.4% · 1,567
Private rented17.4% · 959
Lives rent free0.9% · 52
Type of home
Detached house16.1% · 892
Semi-detached house38.2% · 2,110
Terraced house22.1% · 1,220
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 1,041
Converted house2.3% · 125
Other conversion1.0% · 53
Above shop / office1.2% · 68
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 20
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016613- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 15 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.