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Electoral wardE05015068

Penkridge South & Gailey ward, South Staffordshire

Penkridge South & Gailey is one of 20 electoral wards of South Staffordshire Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,048 residents in 2,105 households — 350 people per km², the 13th 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 Brewood and Penkridge divisions.

Residents, 20215,048council ward average 5,523
Households2,1052.4 residents per household
Density350/ km²about 14.44 km² · South Staffordshire 271
Aged 65+22.0%South Staffordshire: 25.1% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 277
5–95.6% · 284
10–156.6% · 336
16–194.4% · 220
20–245.4% · 275
25–3411.7% · 593
35–4919.2% · 969
50–6419.5% · 985
65–7412.9% · 650
75–846.9% · 351
85+2.2% · 113

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.3% · 175
1 car or van38.9% · 819
2 cars or vans37.2% · 784
3 or more15.5% · 327
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright40.6% · 854
With mortgage35.7% · 752
Shared ownership3.5% · 73
Social rented10.9% · 229
Private rented9.4% · 197

Type of home

Detached house43.6% · 917
Semi-detached house38.5% · 810
Terraced house12.7% · 268
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 97
Converted house0.1% · 2
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015068
County division
Brewood, Penkridge
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
13 of 20

Parishes in the ward

Penkridge

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% owned4,633GGreat 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% owned5,875

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.