Electoral wardE05016423
Kingshurst & Smith's Wood ward, Solihull
Kingshurst & Smith's Wood is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 17,709 residents in 7,099 households — 5,828 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,709council ward average 12,720
Households7,0992.49 residents per household
Density5,828/ km²about 3.04 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+14.3%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 25.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.4% · 1,308
5–98.2% · 1,446
10–159.4% · 1,666
16–195.2% · 916
20–245.8% · 1,030
25–3414.7% · 2,610
35–4918.0% · 3,177
50–6417.0% · 3,015
65–748.1% · 1,436
75–844.7% · 838
85+1.5% · 257
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van31.2% · 2,213
1 car or van43.1% · 3,057
2 cars or vans19.9% · 1,412
3 or more5.9% · 419
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright23.5% · 1,672
With mortgage24.8% · 1,764
Shared ownership0.6% · 44
Social rented38.5% · 2,731
Private rented12.2% · 867
Lives rent free0.3% · 22
Type of home
Detached house4.3% · 308
Semi-detached house31.4% · 2,228
Terraced house39.9% · 2,834
Purpose-built flat23.4% · 1,662
Converted house0.6% · 41
Above shop / office0.3% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016423- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 17
Parishes in the ward
KingshurstSmith's Wood
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 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.