Electoral wardE05007071
Mercian ward, Tamworth
Mercian is one of 10 electoral wards of Tamworth Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,116 residents in 3,027 households — 2,754 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tamworth constituency; for county elections it is in the Perrycrofts division.
Residents, 20217,116council ward average 7,865
Households3,0272.35 residents per household
Density2,754/ km²about 2.58 km² · Tamworth 2,551
Aged 65+22.9%Tamworth: 19.0% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 406
5–95.5% · 393
10–157.1% · 506
16–193.8% · 269
20–245.4% · 384
25–3412.3% · 873
35–4917.6% · 1,252
50–6419.7% · 1,401
65–7412.4% · 879
75–847.9% · 565
85+2.6% · 188
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 616
1 car or van39.8% · 1,205
2 cars or vans29.5% · 894
3 or more10.3% · 312
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tamworth overall: 67.0% owned, 18.0% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.9% · 1,177
With mortgage30.8% · 933
Shared ownership0.7% · 21
Social rented18.6% · 562
Private rented10.8% · 326
Lives rent free0.3% · 8
Type of home
Detached house32.7% · 991
Semi-detached house34.0% · 1,029
Terraced house20.2% · 611
Purpose-built flat12.3% · 372
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007071- Council
- Tamworth Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Perrycrofts
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 5 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% owned7,596GGlascote17.4% aged 65+ · 54.3% owned7,687SSpital21.3% 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.