Electoral wardE05010501
Weeping Cross & Wildwood ward, Stafford
Weeping Cross & Wildwood is one of 23 electoral wards of Stafford Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,446 residents in 2,747 households — 2,921 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stafford constituency; for county elections it is in the Stafford South East division.
Residents, 20216,446council ward average 5,951
Households2,7472.35 residents per household
Density2,921/ km²about 2.21 km² · Stafford 229
Aged 65+28.0%Stafford: 23.0% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 288
5–95.8% · 375
10–157.6% · 490
16–193.7% · 241
20–243.4% · 219
25–348.7% · 560
35–4918.2% · 1,174
50–6420.1% · 1,297
65–7414.9% · 960
75–849.8% · 632
85+3.3% · 211
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.7% · 267
1 car or van39.4% · 1,082
2 cars or vans39.5% · 1,086
3 or more11.4% · 312
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Stafford overall: 70.0% owned, 13.6% social rented, 15.6% private rented.
Owned outright51.4% · 1,412
With mortgage35.1% · 964
Shared ownership0.5% · 13
Social rented3.6% · 99
Private rented9.4% · 259
Type of home
Detached house46.6% · 1,281
Semi-detached house47.8% · 1,313
Terraced house1.7% · 46
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 94
Converted house0.2% · 6
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010501- Council
- Stafford Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Stafford South East
- Constituency
- Stafford
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned7,200PPenkside13.1% aged 65+ · 47.0% owned3,566RRowley24.4% aged 65+ · 82.3% owned3,145SSeighford & Church Eaton26.8% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned6,859
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.