Electoral wardE05010490
Holmcroft ward, Stafford
Holmcroft is one of 23 electoral wards of Stafford Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,695 residents in 3,028 households — 2,649 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stafford constituency; for county elections it is in the Stafford North division.
Residents, 20216,695council ward average 5,951
Households3,0282.21 residents per household
Density2,649/ km²about 2.53 km² · Stafford 229
Aged 65+27.0%Stafford: 23.0% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 328
5–95.3% · 353
10–155.8% · 390
16–193.2% · 215
20–244.2% · 280
25–3411.7% · 786
35–4917.3% · 1,159
50–6420.6% · 1,379
65–7411.7% · 786
75–8410.9% · 733
85+4.3% · 288
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.5% · 561
1 car or van45.2% · 1,370
2 cars or vans27.3% · 826
3 or more9.0% · 273
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stafford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.6% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright44.6% · 1,349
With mortgage31.2% · 945
Shared ownership0.7% · 22
Social rented12.1% · 365
Private rented11.4% · 345
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house35.3% · 1,070
Semi-detached house44.6% · 1,353
Terraced house12.3% · 374
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 201
Converted house0.5% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010490- Council
- Stafford Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Stafford North
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 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% owned6,804HHighfields & Western Downs17.8% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned6,889LLittleworth20.4% 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.