Electoral wardE05007069
Castle ward, Tamworth
Castle is one of 10 electoral wards of Tamworth Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,596 residents in 3,657 households — 1,458 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tamworth constituency; for county elections it is in the The Cotes/Two Rivers division.
Residents, 20217,596council ward average 7,865
Households3,6572.08 residents per household
Density1,458/ km²about 5.21 km² · Tamworth 2,551
Aged 65+19.8%Tamworth: 19.0% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 361
5–94.8% · 364
10–155.3% · 400
16–194.0% · 306
20–245.9% · 447
25–3414.6% · 1,105
35–4918.6% · 1,416
50–6422.3% · 1,692
65–7411.2% · 854
75–846.5% · 490
85+2.1% · 159
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.3% · 997
1 car or van40.2% · 1,469
2 cars or vans24.1% · 883
3 or more8.4% · 308
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tamworth overall: 67.0% owned, 18.0% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright26.7% · 978
With mortgage26.9% · 982
Shared ownership0.8% · 29
Social rented22.5% · 821
Private rented22.9% · 838
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house24.2% · 884
Semi-detached house21.9% · 801
Terraced house19.2% · 702
Purpose-built flat27.7% · 1,013
Converted house3.0% · 110
Other conversion1.3% · 49
Above shop / office1.3% · 49
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 49
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007069- Council
- Tamworth Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- The Cotes/Two Rivers
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 10
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmington18.8% aged 65+ · 72.9% owned8,355BBelgrave18.0% aged 65+ · 67.1% owned7,912BBolehall19.5% aged 65+ · 64.4% owned7,508GGlascote17.4% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned7,687MMercian22.9% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned7,116SSpital21.3% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned8,141SStonydelph15.2% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned7,626TTrinity22.5% aged 65+ · 82.9% owned7,339WWilnecote15.3% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned9,369
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.