Electoral wardE05010500
Walton ward, Stafford
Walton is one of 23 electoral wards of Stafford Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,048 residents in 3,135 households — 2,001 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge constituency; for county elections it is in the Stone Urban division.
Residents, 20217,048council ward average 5,951
Households3,1352.25 residents per household
Density2,001/ km²about 3.52 km² · Stafford 229
Aged 65+24.0%Stafford: 23.0% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 420
5–95.8% · 409
10–156.9% · 487
16–193.3% · 234
20–244.3% · 302
25–3412.3% · 866
35–4918.5% · 1,305
50–6418.9% · 1,332
65–7412.6% · 888
75–848.6% · 607
85+2.8% · 198
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.3% · 418
1 car or van44.4% · 1,393
2 cars or vans33.3% · 1,043
3 or more9.0% · 281
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stafford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.6% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright42.3% · 1,326
With mortgage33.0% · 1,034
Shared ownership1.5% · 47
Social rented10.5% · 329
Private rented12.8% · 401
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house41.8% · 1,308
Semi-detached house33.2% · 1,039
Terraced house10.9% · 342
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 352
Converted house1.3% · 40
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010500- Council
- Stafford Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Stone Urban
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 23
Parishes in the ward
Stone
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.