Electoral wardE05016621
Newton & Valley ward, Sandwell
Newton & Valley is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,538 residents in 5,768 households — 3,318 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,538council ward average 14,244
Households5,7682.52 residents per household
Density3,318/ km²about 4.38 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+17.8%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 19.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 845
5–96.3% · 916
10–157.6% · 1,100
16–195.2% · 760
20–245.4% · 788
25–3412.3% · 1,792
35–4920.0% · 2,908
50–6419.5% · 2,829
65–748.7% · 1,259
75–846.7% · 972
85+2.5% · 362
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.8% · 1,313
1 car or van45.5% · 2,623
2 cars or vans23.6% · 1,358
3 or more8.2% · 470
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 2,251
With mortgage31.0% · 1,787
Shared ownership0.2% · 13
Social rented13.8% · 797
Private rented15.6% · 901
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house9.4% · 540
Semi-detached house63.3% · 3,650
Terraced house13.3% · 766
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 732
Converted house0.4% · 25
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.7% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016621- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 19 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.