Electoral wardE05016438
Bloxwich West ward, Walsall
Bloxwich West is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,673 residents in 5,809 households — 3,828 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,673council ward average 14,206
Households5,8092.35 residents per household
Density3,828/ km²about 3.57 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+18.4%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 778
5–96.7% · 917
10–157.5% · 1,025
16–194.4% · 608
20–246.0% · 815
25–3412.6% · 1,717
35–4916.8% · 2,292
50–6421.9% · 2,999
65–749.7% · 1,328
75–846.0% · 819
85+2.7% · 369
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.7% · 1,669
1 car or van39.6% · 2,304
2 cars or vans24.0% · 1,393
3 or more7.7% · 448
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright31.2% · 1,810
With mortgage23.8% · 1,382
Shared ownership0.3% · 17
Social rented30.9% · 1,793
Private rented13.6% · 792
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house22.4% · 1,300
Semi-detached house31.6% · 1,832
Terraced house29.0% · 1,685
Purpose-built flat15.7% · 911
Converted house0.5% · 31
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.4% · 26
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016438- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.