Electoral wardE05007070
Glascote ward, Tamworth
Glascote is one of 10 electoral wards of Tamworth Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,687 residents in 3,039 households — 5,013 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tamworth constituency; for county elections it is in the The Heaths and Watling divisions.
Residents, 20217,687council ward average 7,865
Households3,0392.53 residents per household
Density5,013/ km²about 1.53 km² · Tamworth 2,551
Aged 65+17.4%Tamworth: 19.0% · under 16: 22.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 449
5–97.2% · 553
10–159.3% · 716
16–195.0% · 382
20–245.6% · 431
25–3412.6% · 966
35–4919.7% · 1,518
50–6417.3% · 1,332
65–7411.1% · 857
75–845.1% · 392
85+1.2% · 91
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.5% · 713
1 car or van42.6% · 1,295
2 cars or vans25.9% · 786
3 or more8.1% · 245
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tamworth overall: 67.0% owned, 18.0% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright27.0% · 822
With mortgage27.3% · 829
Shared ownership0.5% · 15
Social rented33.2% · 1,011
Private rented11.8% · 360
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house12.0% · 365
Semi-detached house39.7% · 1,206
Terraced house36.9% · 1,120
Purpose-built flat10.6% · 323
Converted house0.4% · 13
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007070- Council
- Tamworth Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- The Heaths, Watling
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned7,508CCastle19.8% aged 65+ · 53.6% owned7,596MMercian22.9% 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.