Electoral wardE05007072
Spital ward, Tamworth
Spital is one of 10 electoral wards of Tamworth Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,141 residents in 3,428 households — 1,706 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tamworth constituency; for county elections it is in the Perrycrofts division.
Residents, 20218,141council ward average 7,865
Households3,4282.37 residents per household
Density1,706/ km²about 4.77 km² · Tamworth 2,551
Aged 65+21.3%Tamworth: 19.0% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 459
5–95.9% · 477
10–156.7% · 548
16–194.2% · 344
20–245.0% · 411
25–3414.1% · 1,146
35–4918.5% · 1,508
50–6418.6% · 1,514
65–749.9% · 809
75–847.8% · 633
85+3.6% · 291
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.2% · 657
1 car or van40.3% · 1,380
2 cars or vans31.3% · 1,072
3 or more9.3% · 318
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tamworth overall: 67.0% owned, 18.0% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright36.2% · 1,241
With mortgage31.1% · 1,064
Shared ownership1.4% · 49
Social rented14.9% · 509
Private rented16.3% · 558
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house25.2% · 864
Semi-detached house40.6% · 1,392
Terraced house19.6% · 671
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 385
Converted house2.2% · 76
Other conversion0.8% · 26
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007072- Council
- Tamworth Borough Council
- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Perrycrofts
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 9 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% owned7,687MMercian22.9% aged 65+ · 69.7% owned7,116SStonydelph15.2% 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.