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Electoral wardE05007066

Amington ward, Tamworth

Amington is one of 10 electoral wards of Tamworth Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,355 residents in 3,426 households — 1,776 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tamworth constituency; for county elections it is in the The Heaths division.

Residents, 20218,355council ward average 7,865
Households3,4262.44 residents per household
Density1,776/ km²about 4.70 km² · Tamworth 2,551
Aged 65+18.8%Tamworth: 19.0% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 501
5–95.6% · 467
10–157.1% · 591
16–194.5% · 380
20–245.7% · 477
25–3413.8% · 1,150
35–4918.6% · 1,553
50–6419.9% · 1,664
65–7411.0% · 917
75–846.6% · 549
85+1.3% · 106

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.0% · 514
1 car or van39.0% · 1,337
2 cars or vans33.8% · 1,156
3 or more12.2% · 417
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Tamworth overall: 67.0% owned, 18.0% social rented, 14.1% private rented.

Owned outright35.4% · 1,210
With mortgage37.5% · 1,283
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented16.8% · 576
Private rented9.6% · 327
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house31.9% · 1,091
Semi-detached house35.7% · 1,224
Terraced house21.5% · 736
Purpose-built flat8.5% · 291
Converted house0.6% · 21
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 43
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.