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Biddulph West ward, Staffordshire Moorlands

Biddulph West is one of 27 electoral wards of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,029 residents in 2,373 households — 969 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Staffordshire Moorlands constituency; for county elections it is in the Biddulph North division.

Residents, 20215,029council ward average 3,550
Households2,3732.12 residents per household
Density969/ km²about 5.19 km² · Staffordshire Moorlands 166
Aged 65+28.1%Staffordshire Moorlands: 26.2% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 209
5–94.7% · 235
10–156.5% · 326
16–193.0% · 152
20–244.0% · 200
25–3410.3% · 518
35–4916.4% · 826
50–6422.9% · 1,151
65–7415.7% · 789
75–849.9% · 496
85+2.5% · 127

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.5% · 345
1 car or van44.0% · 1,043
2 cars or vans30.9% · 733
3 or more10.6% · 252
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Staffordshire Moorlands overall: 78.2% owned, 8.6% social rented, 12.7% private rented.

Owned outright48.2% · 1,143
With mortgage30.3% · 719
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented5.9% · 141
Private rented15.4% · 365
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house34.3% · 814
Semi-detached house40.5% · 960
Terraced house18.5% · 438
Purpose-built flat3.2% · 77
Converted house0.8% · 19
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office2.0% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
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.