Electoral wardE05016427
Olton ward, Solihull
Olton is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,668 residents in 5,342 households — 3,244 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,668council ward average 12,720
Households5,3422.37 residents per household
Density3,244/ km²about 3.90 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+23.3%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 16.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 554
5–95.5% · 694
10–156.7% · 849
16–194.3% · 544
20–244.9% · 624
25–3411.6% · 1,468
35–4917.9% · 2,267
50–6421.5% · 2,719
65–7411.0% · 1,391
75–848.1% · 1,020
85+4.3% · 540
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.5% · 934
1 car or van39.7% · 2,122
2 cars or vans31.2% · 1,665
3 or more11.7% · 624
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright43.0% · 2,299
With mortgage32.9% · 1,757
Shared ownership0.4% · 24
Social rented8.4% · 448
Private rented15.2% · 810
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house24.1% · 1,285
Semi-detached house39.0% · 2,080
Terraced house10.7% · 573
Purpose-built flat22.4% · 1,198
Converted house2.2% · 119
Other conversion0.8% · 45
Above shop / office0.7% · 39
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016427- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 17
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.