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Electoral wardE05015210

Brookside ward, Telford and Wrekin

Brookside is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,732 residents in 1,806 households — 7,038 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20214,732council ward average 5,798
Households1,8062.62 residents per household
Density7,038/ km²about 0.67 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+10.3%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 27.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–48.0% · 379
5–98.9% · 421
10–1510.1% · 480
16–195.1% · 241
20–247.1% · 335
25–3414.6% · 692
35–4919.9% · 940
50–6416.0% · 756
65–746.1% · 288
75–843.4% · 163
85+0.8% · 36

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van36.1% · 653
1 car or van40.6% · 735
2 cars or vans18.6% · 336
3 or more4.7% · 85
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Telford and Wrekin overall: 59.9% owned, 18.0% social rented, 21.2% private rented.

Owned outright18.7% · 338
With mortgage17.9% · 324
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented21.9% · 397
Private rented41.2% · 745
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house8.7% · 156
Semi-detached house22.0% · 397
Terraced house52.1% · 939
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 297
Converted house0.4% · 8
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015210
Constituency
Telford
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
1 of 32

Parishes in the ward

Stirchley and Brookside

Other wards in the same constituency

DDawley & Aqueduct17.9% aged 65+ · 53.6% owned7,825DDonnington13.8% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned6,563HHorsehay & Lightmoor15.2% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned5,498IIronbridge Gorge23.2% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned3,647KKetley17.6% aged 65+ · 55.6% owned3,622LLawley6.4% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned8,063MMadeley & Sutton Hill21.4% aged 65+ · 49.6% owned10,121MMalinslee & Dawley Bank13.7% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned8,726OOakengates & Ketley Bank15.6% aged 65+ · 59.9% owned9,948OOverdale & The Rock10.7% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned2,719PPriorslee15.7% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned5,794SSt Georges18.8% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned8,106TThe Nedge17.2% aged 65+ · 56.3% owned11,838WWoodside11.0% aged 65+ · 34.9% owned7,597

All 32 wards of Telford and Wrekin

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.