Electoral wardE05016424
Knowle ward, Solihull
Knowle is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,729 residents in 4,084 households — 1,084 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20219,729council ward average 12,720
Households4,0842.38 residents per household
Density1,084/ km²about 8.97 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+29.2%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 392
5–96.0% · 579
10–157.9% · 772
16–194.2% · 404
20–243.8% · 366
25–346.3% · 608
35–4918.1% · 1,760
50–6420.7% · 2,010
65–7413.9% · 1,356
75–8410.6% · 1,027
85+4.7% · 453
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.8% · 400
1 car or van36.4% · 1,488
2 cars or vans40.1% · 1,639
3 or more13.7% · 560
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright51.2% · 2,089
With mortgage32.4% · 1,320
Shared ownership0.7% · 29
Social rented5.3% · 217
Private rented10.3% · 421
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house55.5% · 2,266
Semi-detached house20.7% · 844
Terraced house7.3% · 299
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 586
Converted house0.7% · 30
Other conversion0.4% · 17
Above shop / office1.0% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016424- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 17
Parishes in the ward
BarstonChadwick End
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.