Electoral wardE05016429
Shirley South ward, Solihull
Shirley South is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,175 residents in 5,487 households — 3,235 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,175council ward average 12,720
Households5,4872.4 residents per household
Density3,235/ km²about 4.07 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+24.5%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 655
5–96.2% · 815
10–157.3% · 960
16–193.6% · 479
20–244.3% · 569
25–3410.1% · 1,333
35–4919.2% · 2,531
50–6419.8% · 2,605
65–7411.5% · 1,515
75–848.7% · 1,146
85+4.3% · 571
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.9% · 874
1 car or van41.2% · 2,258
2 cars or vans32.1% · 1,762
3 or more10.8% · 593
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright42.7% · 2,343
With mortgage33.6% · 1,841
Shared ownership0.4% · 21
Social rented11.1% · 610
Private rented12.1% · 664
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house26.7% · 1,466
Semi-detached house42.8% · 2,349
Terraced house16.0% · 878
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 717
Converted house0.5% · 25
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.9% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016429- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 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.