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Electoral wardE05015062

Himley & Swindon ward, South Staffordshire

Himley & Swindon is one of 20 electoral wards of South Staffordshire Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,523 residents in 1,096 households — 150 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kingswinford and South Staffordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Kinver division.

Residents, 20212,523council ward average 5,523
Households1,0962.3 residents per household
Density150/ km²about 16.86 km² · South Staffordshire 271
Aged 65+32.7%South Staffordshire: 25.1% · under 16: 13.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 105
5–94.4% · 111
10–155.0% · 127
16–193.0% · 75
20–244.4% · 112
25–348.5% · 215
35–4916.0% · 403
50–6421.7% · 547
65–7414.8% · 373
75–8411.4% · 287
85+6.5% · 165

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.3% · 113
1 car or van38.9% · 426
2 cars or vans35.3% · 387
3 or more15.5% · 170
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.5% · 521
With mortgage29.4% · 323
Shared ownership0.8% · 9
Social rented14.4% · 158
Private rented7.8% · 86

Type of home

Detached house40.6% · 445
Semi-detached house28.2% · 309
Terraced house9.7% · 106
Purpose-built flat7.8% · 86
Converted house0.6% · 7
Other conversion1.4% · 15
Above shop / office0.7% · 8
Caravan, mobile11.0% · 121
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015062
County division
Kinver
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
16 of 20

Parishes in the ward

HimleySwindon

Other wards in the same constituency

BBilbrook24.6% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned4,166CCodsall27.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned8,538KKinver & Enville32.5% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned7,103PPattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn27.3% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned6,127PPerton East23.5% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned3,483PPerton Lakeside20.6% aged 65+ · 53.4% owned2,844PPerton Wrottesley26.1% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned3,586WWombourne North27.8% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned5,827WWombourne South24.8% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned7,398

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