Electoral wardE05016626
Smethwick ward, Sandwell
Smethwick is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,671 residents in 5,089 households — 7,546 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,671council ward average 14,244
Households5,0892.88 residents per household
Density7,546/ km²about 1.94 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+13.6%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 24.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 993
5–98.0% · 1,170
10–1510.0% · 1,464
16–195.3% · 780
20–246.1% · 893
25–3413.0% · 1,909
35–4921.4% · 3,138
50–6415.9% · 2,326
65–746.7% · 980
75–844.9% · 718
85+2.1% · 302
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van39.2% · 1,997
1 car or van39.6% · 2,018
2 cars or vans15.9% · 811
3 or more5.2% · 266
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright24.0% · 1,222
With mortgage19.7% · 1,006
Shared ownership0.5% · 28
Social rented30.5% · 1,554
Private rented24.1% · 1,230
Lives rent free1.1% · 54
Type of home
Detached house8.6% · 438
Semi-detached house31.4% · 1,602
Terraced house40.1% · 2,043
Purpose-built flat15.5% · 791
Converted house3.2% · 162
Other conversion0.6% · 30
Above shop / office0.6% · 32
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016626- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 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.