Electoral wardE05016623
Oldbury ward, Sandwell
Oldbury is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,111 residents in 4,931 households — 2,361 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,111council ward average 14,244
Households4,9312.66 residents per household
Density2,361/ km²about 5.55 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+11.4%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 23.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 985
5–97.2% · 939
10–158.7% · 1,140
16–194.7% · 617
20–246.0% · 781
25–3415.7% · 2,052
35–4922.0% · 2,885
50–6416.8% · 2,207
65–746.5% · 855
75–843.7% · 487
85+1.2% · 158
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.2% · 1,340
1 car or van42.8% · 2,109
2 cars or vans22.5% · 1,107
3 or more7.5% · 372
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright23.6% · 1,161
With mortgage31.2% · 1,534
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented19.0% · 935
Private rented25.8% · 1,269
Lives rent free0.3% · 13
Type of home
Detached house17.7% · 872
Semi-detached house36.5% · 1,798
Terraced house24.0% · 1,182
Purpose-built flat19.8% · 975
Converted house1.0% · 50
Other conversion0.3% · 16
Above shop / office0.7% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016623- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 24 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.