Electoral wardE05016616
Great Bridge ward, Sandwell
Great Bridge is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,259 residents in 6,130 households — 3,666 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,259council ward average 14,244
Households6,1302.65 residents per household
Density3,666/ km²about 4.44 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+13.4%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 22.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 1,013
5–97.0% · 1,143
10–158.8% · 1,425
16–195.4% · 875
20–245.9% · 962
25–3413.3% · 2,158
35–4921.5% · 3,489
50–6418.6% · 3,023
65–747.3% · 1,180
75–844.4% · 719
85+1.7% · 272
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.8% · 1,765
1 car or van41.8% · 2,563
2 cars or vans22.0% · 1,352
3 or more7.4% · 453
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright23.1% · 1,410
With mortgage27.8% · 1,701
Shared ownership0.3% · 18
Social rented30.3% · 1,851
Private rented18.1% · 1,107
Lives rent free0.5% · 28
Type of home
Detached house12.2% · 751
Semi-detached house44.7% · 2,744
Terraced house22.4% · 1,373
Purpose-built flat19.1% · 1,175
Converted house0.7% · 40
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.7% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016616- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 17 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.