Electoral wardE05016628
St Pauls ward, Sandwell
St Pauls is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 16,708 residents in 4,949 households — 3,665 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202116,708council ward average 14,244
Households4,9493.38 residents per household
Density3,665/ km²about 4.56 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+9.3%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 26.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.5% · 1,256
5–98.1% · 1,353
10–1510.5% · 1,747
16–196.4% · 1,076
20–247.3% · 1,228
25–3415.1% · 2,521
35–4921.5% · 3,593
50–6414.2% · 2,373
65–745.1% · 849
75–843.0% · 501
85+1.3% · 211
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.4% · 1,509
1 car or van42.0% · 2,081
2 cars or vans20.4% · 1,013
3 or more7.1% · 353
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright25.8% · 1,279
With mortgage26.9% · 1,334
Shared ownership0.5% · 27
Social rented18.1% · 897
Private rented27.7% · 1,370
Lives rent free0.9% · 43
Type of home
Detached house10.6% · 526
Semi-detached house41.6% · 2,056
Terraced house38.2% · 1,890
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 386
Converted house0.9% · 46
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.6% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016628- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 18 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.