Electoral wardE05016627
Soho & Victoria ward, Sandwell
Soho & Victoria is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,672 residents in 5,002 households — 5,406 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,672council ward average 14,244
Households5,0023.13 residents per household
Density5,406/ km²about 2.90 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+6.5%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 28.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.8% · 1,379
5–99.3% · 1,450
10–1510.6% · 1,659
16–196.2% · 977
20–247.2% · 1,121
25–3415.3% · 2,395
35–4923.2% · 3,631
50–6413.0% · 2,042
65–744.0% · 631
75–841.7% · 271
85+0.8% · 119
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.2% · 2,009
1 car or van40.5% · 2,024
2 cars or vans14.9% · 743
3 or more4.5% · 226
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright14.4% · 719
With mortgage20.0% · 1,002
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented33.3% · 1,666
Private rented30.5% · 1,526
Lives rent free1.3% · 65
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 488
Semi-detached house23.5% · 1,175
Terraced house36.1% · 1,805
Purpose-built flat25.9% · 1,299
Converted house1.7% · 83
Other conversion1.3% · 63
Above shop / office1.6% · 80
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016627- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 24
Council offices in this ward
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.