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Electoral wardE05015061

Great Wyrley Town ward, South Staffordshire

Great Wyrley Town is one of 20 electoral wards of South Staffordshire Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,317 residents in 2,714 households — 2,554 people per km², the 7th 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 Great Wyrley & Essington division.

Residents, 20216,317council ward average 5,523
Households2,7142.33 residents per household
Density2,554/ km²about 2.47 km² · South Staffordshire 271
Aged 65+25.1%South Staffordshire: 25.1% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 334
5–95.1% · 321
10–155.7% · 361
16–193.9% · 244
20–244.8% · 303
25–3411.3% · 714
35–4917.4% · 1,099
50–6421.5% · 1,359
65–7412.4% · 785
75–8410.0% · 629
85+2.7% · 169

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.0% · 380
1 car or van39.4% · 1,069
2 cars or vans32.5% · 882
3 or more14.0% · 381
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.5% · 1,210
With mortgage31.3% · 850
Shared ownership0.9% · 24
Social rented15.6% · 425
Private rented7.7% · 210

Type of home

Detached house28.6% · 777
Semi-detached house51.7% · 1,403
Terraced house11.5% · 312
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 186
Converted house0.5% · 14
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015061
County division
Great Wyrley & Essington
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
3 of 20

Parishes in the ward

Great Wyrley

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrewood, Coven & Blymhill29.9% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned8,095CCheslyn Hay Village24.7% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned7,820EEssington24.0% aged 65+ · 72.6% owned5,217FFeatherstone, Sharehill & Saredon13.1% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned7,858GGreat Wyrley Landywood23.0% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned4,633HHuntington & 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.