Electoral wardE05016631
Wednesbury ward, Sandwell
Wednesbury is one of 24 electoral wards of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,406 residents in 5,529 households — 3,710 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,406council ward average 14,244
Households5,5292.61 residents per household
Density3,710/ km²about 3.88 km² · Sandwell 3,995
Aged 65+16.4%Sandwell: 14.5% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 933
5–97.1% · 1,026
10–157.8% · 1,118
16–195.4% · 782
20–245.4% · 774
25–3413.8% · 1,993
35–4918.2% · 2,629
50–6419.4% · 2,794
65–749.3% · 1,340
75–845.1% · 736
85+2.0% · 282
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.3% · 1,510
1 car or van42.8% · 2,366
2 cars or vans23.0% · 1,272
3 or more6.9% · 381
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sandwell overall: 53.8% owned, 26.6% social rented, 18.6% private rented.
Owned outright27.2% · 1,502
With mortgage24.7% · 1,365
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented29.8% · 1,646
Private rented17.5% · 964
Lives rent free0.6% · 31
Type of home
Detached house9.3% · 516
Semi-detached house52.0% · 2,875
Terraced house19.3% · 1,067
Purpose-built flat15.6% · 859
Converted house1.2% · 66
Other conversion0.5% · 29
Above shop / office2.0% · 110
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016631- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.