Electoral wardE05016428
Shirley East & Sharmans Cross ward, Solihull
Shirley East & Sharmans Cross is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 15,120 residents in 5,927 households — 3,060 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202115,120council ward average 12,720
Households5,9272.55 residents per household
Density3,060/ km²about 4.94 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+21.6%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 681
5–96.3% · 955
10–158.3% · 1,260
16–194.2% · 641
20–244.9% · 740
25–349.4% · 1,425
35–4919.7% · 2,976
50–6421.0% · 3,171
65–7410.4% · 1,571
75–847.3% · 1,111
85+3.9% · 588
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.0% · 770
1 car or van34.6% · 2,050
2 cars or vans38.3% · 2,268
3 or more14.2% · 840
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright45.9% · 2,719
With mortgage36.1% · 2,138
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented5.3% · 313
Private rented12.5% · 740
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house36.9% · 2,184
Semi-detached house40.6% · 2,405
Terraced house4.9% · 291
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 904
Converted house0.3% · 16
Other conversion0.6% · 38
Above shop / office1.5% · 86
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016428- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.