Electoral wardE05016416
Balsall & Berkswell ward, Solihull
Balsall & Berkswell is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,919 residents in 3,989 households — 238 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,919council ward average 12,720
Households3,9892.49 residents per household
Density238/ km²about 41.59 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+24.8%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 416
5–96.3% · 621
10–157.1% · 705
16–194.5% · 447
20–244.5% · 449
25–347.6% · 759
35–4918.3% · 1,816
50–6422.7% · 2,253
65–7412.7% · 1,260
75–848.5% · 845
85+3.6% · 354
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.6% · 303
1 car or van31.8% · 1,270
2 cars or vans41.1% · 1,639
3 or more19.5% · 776
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright46.7% · 1,858
With mortgage36.2% · 1,442
Shared ownership0.5% · 18
Social rented5.2% · 209
Private rented11.3% · 448
Lives rent free0.2% · 6
Type of home
Detached house58.6% · 2,336
Semi-detached house21.3% · 849
Terraced house10.3% · 411
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 266
Converted house0.6% · 25
Other conversion0.8% · 33
Above shop / office0.6% · 24
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 40
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016416- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 17
Parishes in the ward
BalsallBerkswell
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.