Electoral wardE05016437
Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath ward, Walsall
Bloxwich East & Blakenall Heath is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,137 residents in 4,895 households — 3,287 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,137council ward average 14,206
Households4,8952.48 residents per household
Density3,287/ km²about 3.69 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+19.2%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.6% · 799
5–97.2% · 871
10–157.9% · 957
16–194.9% · 600
20–245.7% · 687
25–3413.1% · 1,595
35–4917.4% · 2,110
50–6418.0% · 2,185
65–749.1% · 1,104
75–847.1% · 857
85+3.0% · 370
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.2% · 1,477
1 car or van40.4% · 1,975
2 cars or vans21.9% · 1,072
3 or more7.6% · 370
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright28.8% · 1,408
With mortgage23.6% · 1,153
Shared ownership0.2% · 10
Social rented34.8% · 1,701
Private rented12.6% · 616
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house12.2% · 599
Semi-detached house50.9% · 2,492
Terraced house19.1% · 933
Purpose-built flat15.3% · 749
Converted house0.6% · 29
Other conversion0.3% · 17
Above shop / office1.1% · 56
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016437- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 20
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.