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Perton East ward, South Staffordshire

Perton East is one of 20 electoral wards of South Staffordshire Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,483 residents in 1,481 households — 4,079 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Kingswinford and South Staffordshire constituency; for county elections it is in the Perton division.

Residents, 20213,483council ward average 5,523
Households1,4812.35 residents per household
Density4,079/ km²about 0.85 km² · South Staffordshire 271
Aged 65+23.5%South Staffordshire: 25.1% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 184
5–95.4% · 187
10–156.1% · 214
16–193.7% · 128
20–243.8% · 134
25–3412.0% · 419
35–4917.6% · 614
50–6422.5% · 784
65–7415.5% · 541
75–846.3% · 219
85+1.7% · 58

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.9% · 132
1 car or van40.2% · 594
2 cars or vans37.3% · 550
3 or more13.6% · 200
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.2% · 668
With mortgage35.9% · 530
Shared ownership1.2% · 17
Social rented4.9% · 72
Private rented12.9% · 191

Type of home

Detached house57.1% · 844
Semi-detached house33.9% · 501
Terraced house2.8% · 42
Purpose-built flat5.3% · 78
Converted house0.6% · 9
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.