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Electoral wardE05015230

Oakengates & Ketley Bank ward, Telford and Wrekin

Oakengates & Ketley Bank is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,948 residents in 4,240 households — 2,385 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20219,948council ward average 5,798
Households4,2402.35 residents per household
Density2,385/ km²about 4.17 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+15.6%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.4% · 635
5–97.2% · 713
10–156.8% · 674
16–194.0% · 395
20–245.5% · 549
25–3416.5% · 1,640
35–4920.0% · 1,991
50–6418.0% · 1,794
65–748.5% · 847
75–845.5% · 547
85+1.6% · 158

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.8% · 799
1 car or van43.5% · 1,845
2 cars or vans29.0% · 1,228
3 or more8.7% · 368
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.0% · 1,103
With mortgage33.9% · 1,437
Shared ownership1.0% · 43
Social rented19.8% · 838
Private rented19.2% · 813
Lives rent free0.2% · 8

Type of home

Detached house27.7% · 1,174
Semi-detached house48.8% · 2,070
Terraced house12.2% · 516
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 379
Converted house0.8% · 35
Other conversion0.6% · 24
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 18
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015230
Constituency
Telford
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
14 of 32

Parishes in the ward

Hadley & LeegomeryKetleyOakengatesWrockwardine Wood and Trench

Other wards in the same constituency

BBrookside10.3% aged 65+ · 36.6% owned4,732DDawley & 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% owned8,726OOverdale & 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.