Electoral wardE05016420
Dorridge & Hockley Heath ward, Solihull
Dorridge & Hockley Heath is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,475 residents in 4,644 households — 1,155 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,475council ward average 12,720
Households4,6442.47 residents per household
Density1,155/ km²about 9.94 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+24.1%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 527
5–96.9% · 789
10–158.7% · 994
16–194.4% · 502
20–244.0% · 458
25–346.8% · 776
35–4919.1% · 2,187
50–6421.6% · 2,483
65–7411.7% · 1,348
75–848.6% · 985
85+3.7% · 430
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.6% · 399
1 car or van34.8% · 1,615
2 cars or vans41.4% · 1,918
3 or more15.2% · 704
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright49.3% · 2,291
With mortgage36.2% · 1,681
Shared ownership0.6% · 30
Social rented4.8% · 222
Private rented9.1% · 423
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house60.2% · 2,796
Semi-detached house24.3% · 1,128
Terraced house7.2% · 336
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 319
Converted house0.5% · 21
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office0.6% · 27
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016420- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Hockley Heath
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.