Electoral wardE05010495
Penkside ward, Stafford
Penkside is one of 23 electoral wards of Stafford Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 3,566 residents in 1,489 households — 1,750 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stafford constituency; for county elections it is in the Stafford South East and Stafford South West divisions.
Residents, 20213,566council ward average 5,951
Households1,4892.39 residents per household
Density1,750/ km²about 2.04 km² · Stafford 229
Aged 65+13.1%Stafford: 23.0% · under 16: 24.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 237
5–97.9% · 283
10–159.6% · 341
16–194.5% · 159
20–244.6% · 164
25–3414.3% · 511
35–4921.3% · 759
50–6418.1% · 647
65–747.7% · 276
75–844.1% · 148
85+1.2% · 43
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.5% · 350
1 car or van44.2% · 657
2 cars or vans26.0% · 387
3 or more6.3% · 94
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stafford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.6% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright21.5% · 319
With mortgage25.6% · 380
Shared ownership1.3% · 19
Social rented36.7% · 545
Private rented14.8% · 220
Lives rent free0.2% · 3
Type of home
Detached house17.6% · 261
Semi-detached house40.9% · 608
Terraced house22.9% · 341
Purpose-built flat15.9% · 237
Converted house2.2% · 32
Above shop / office0.5% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010495- Council
- Stafford Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Stafford South East, Stafford South West
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 13 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% owned6,889HHolmcroft27.0% aged 65+ · 75.8% owned6,695LLittleworth20.4% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned5,654MManor21.8% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned7,200RRowley24.4% 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.