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Electoral wardE05015058

Essington ward, South Staffordshire

Essington is one of 20 electoral wards of South Staffordshire Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,217 residents in 2,058 households — 356 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Cheslyn Hay Village, Featherstone & Shareshill and Great Wyrley & Essington divisions.

Residents, 20215,217council ward average 5,523
Households2,0582.53 residents per household
Density356/ km²about 14.64 km² · South Staffordshire 271
Aged 65+24.0%South Staffordshire: 25.1% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 252
5–95.5% · 286
10–156.8% · 357
16–194.0% · 211
20–244.5% · 234
25–3411.2% · 584
35–4916.3% · 848
50–6422.8% · 1,191
65–7410.2% · 533
75–849.5% · 495
85+4.3% · 225

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.3% · 274
1 car or van33.9% · 697
2 cars or vans36.7% · 754
3 or more16.1% · 331
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; South Staffordshire overall: 74.5% owned, 14.0% social rented, 10.6% private rented.

Owned outright41.3% · 849
With mortgage31.4% · 645
Shared ownership1.3% · 26
Social rented19.1% · 393
Private rented7.0% · 144

Type of home

Detached house38.2% · 785
Semi-detached house39.0% · 801
Terraced house13.2% · 272
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 173
Converted house0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 15
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015058
County division
Cheslyn Hay Village, Featherstone & Shareshill, Great Wyrley & Essington
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
12 of 20

Parishes in the ward

Essington

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrewood, Coven & Blymhill29.9% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned8,095CCheslyn Hay Village24.7% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned7,820FFeatherstone, Sharehill & Saredon13.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned7,858GGreat Wyrley Landywood23.0% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned4,633GGreat Wyrley Town25.1% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned6,317HHuntington & Hatherton15.8% aged 65+ · 63.7% owned5,363LLapley, Stretton & Wheaton Aston29.7% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned2,644PPenkridge North & Acton Trussell30.0% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned5,875PPenkridge South & Gailey22.0% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned5,048

All 20 wards of South Staffordshire

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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.