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Perton Lakeside ward, South Staffordshire

Perton Lakeside is one of 20 electoral wards of South Staffordshire Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,844 residents in 1,323 households — 5,320 people per km², the 18th 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, 20212,844council ward average 5,523
Households1,3232.15 residents per household
Density5,320/ km²about 0.53 km² · South Staffordshire 271
Aged 65+20.6%South Staffordshire: 25.1% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 146
5–95.9% · 166
10–155.9% · 167
16–193.6% · 102
20–245.7% · 162
25–3412.3% · 349
35–4918.0% · 510
50–6422.8% · 646
65–7412.0% · 340
75–845.7% · 162
85+2.9% · 82

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.7% · 262
1 car or van42.8% · 568
2 cars or vans28.7% · 381
3 or more8.7% · 116
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.2% · 373
With mortgage25.3% · 335
Shared ownership0.7% · 9
Social rented30.9% · 409
Private rented15.0% · 199

Type of home

Detached house33.3% · 440
Semi-detached house29.5% · 390
Terraced house10.1% · 133
Purpose-built flat25.2% · 333
Converted house1.6% · 21
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 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.