Electoral wardE05016426
Meriden & Arden ward, Solihull
Meriden & Arden is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,129 residents in 4,681 households — 253 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,129council ward average 12,720
Households4,6812.38 residents per household
Density253/ km²about 44.04 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+24.0%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 489
5–95.9% · 653
10–156.7% · 743
16–194.0% · 450
20–244.3% · 477
25–349.8% · 1,093
35–4918.4% · 2,052
50–6422.5% · 2,504
65–7412.1% · 1,352
75–848.6% · 961
85+3.2% · 354
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.6% · 541
1 car or van37.7% · 1,763
2 cars or vans34.8% · 1,629
3 or more16.0% · 748
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright43.6% · 2,039
With mortgage35.5% · 1,660
Shared ownership1.1% · 51
Social rented8.7% · 406
Private rented11.1% · 519
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house42.2% · 1,976
Semi-detached house32.6% · 1,525
Terraced house12.9% · 602
Purpose-built flat8.3% · 390
Converted house0.6% · 26
Other conversion0.9% · 41
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 94
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016426- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Bickenhill and Marston GreenHampton in ArdenMeriden
Council offices in this ward
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.