Electoral wardE05016430
Shirley West ward, Solihull
Shirley West is one of 17 electoral wards of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,574 residents in 6,163 households — 4,711 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,574council ward average 12,720
Households6,1632.36 residents per household
Density4,711/ km²about 3.09 km² · Solihull 1,213
Aged 65+20.2%Solihull: 21.1% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 881
5–96.4% · 932
10–156.6% · 962
16–193.7% · 542
20–244.9% · 710
25–3413.1% · 1,912
35–4919.5% · 2,841
50–6419.6% · 2,853
65–749.7% · 1,417
75–847.4% · 1,073
85+3.1% · 451
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.7% · 966
1 car or van41.9% · 2,578
2 cars or vans31.5% · 1,943
3 or more10.9% · 672
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Solihull overall: 72.2% owned, 14.0% social rented, 12.9% private rented.
Owned outright39.3% · 2,421
With mortgage38.2% · 2,358
Shared ownership1.2% · 76
Social rented7.9% · 489
Private rented13.3% · 817
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house15.3% · 945
Semi-detached house60.8% · 3,742
Terraced house6.3% · 388
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 945
Converted house0.7% · 42
Other conversion0.2% · 14
Above shop / office1.3% · 81
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016430- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 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.