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Electoral wardE05015236

Woodside ward, Telford and Wrekin

Woodside is one of 32 electoral wards of Telford and Wrekin Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 7,597 residents in 2,774 households — 5,313 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Telford constituency.

Residents, 20217,597council ward average 5,798
Households2,7742.74 residents per household
Density5,313/ km²about 1.43 km² · Telford and Wrekin 639
Aged 65+11.0%Telford and Wrekin: 17.6% · under 16: 28.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.8% · 591
5–99.3% · 709
10–1510.9% · 829
16–195.8% · 438
20–246.6% · 500
25–3414.8% · 1,125
35–4919.0% · 1,446
50–6414.7% · 1,119
65–746.5% · 496
75–843.3% · 254
85+1.2% · 88

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.9% · 885
1 car or van44.0% · 1,221
2 cars or vans18.8% · 521
3 or more5.3% · 148
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright18.0% · 499
With mortgage16.9% · 468
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented24.5% · 680
Private rented40.2% · 1,113
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house8.3% · 230
Semi-detached house26.7% · 743
Terraced house57.1% · 1,585
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 201
Converted house0.4% · 10
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.