Electoral wardE05010489
Highfields & Western Downs ward, Stafford
Highfields & Western Downs is one of 23 electoral wards of Stafford Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,889 residents in 3,117 households — 4,639 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stafford constituency; for county elections it is in the Stafford South West division.
Residents, 20216,889council ward average 5,951
Households3,1172.21 residents per household
Density4,639/ km²about 1.49 km² · Stafford 229
Aged 65+17.8%Stafford: 23.0% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 411
5–95.5% · 378
10–157.1% · 491
16–194.5% · 307
20–245.5% · 382
25–3413.2% · 907
35–4918.1% · 1,249
50–6422.3% · 1,539
65–749.6% · 661
75–846.2% · 429
85+2.0% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.7% · 770
1 car or van43.1% · 1,342
2 cars or vans25.0% · 779
3 or more7.2% · 223
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stafford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.6% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright28.2% · 881
With mortgage24.2% · 756
Shared ownership1.1% · 35
Social rented33.3% · 1,040
Private rented13.0% · 406
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house20.7% · 644
Semi-detached house42.3% · 1,318
Terraced house18.6% · 581
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 530
Converted house0.9% · 28
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010489- Council
- Stafford Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Stafford South West
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 23
Other wards in the same constituency
BBaswich25.5% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned6,114CCommon16.3% aged 65+ · 43.7% owned4,527CCoton10.8% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned8,784DDoxey & Castletown14.0% aged 65+ · 51.6% owned4,231EEccleshall26.6% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned7,049FForebridge17.4% aged 65+ · 45.5% owned3,651GGnosall & Woodseaves27.2% aged 65+ · 77.7% owned6,804HHolmcroft27.0% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned6,695LLittleworth20.4% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned5,654MManor21.8% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned7,200PPenkside13.1% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned3,566RRowley24.4% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned3,145SSeighford & Church Eaton26.8% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned6,859WWeeping Cross & Wildwood28.0% aged 65+ · 86.5% owned6,446
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.