Electoral wardE05016439
Brownhills ward, Walsall
Brownhills is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,443 residents in 5,593 households — 1,856 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,443council ward average 14,206
Households5,5932.4 residents per household
Density1,856/ km²about 7.24 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+18.7%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 732
5–96.4% · 859
10–158.1% · 1,094
16–194.7% · 627
20–245.0% · 670
25–3412.7% · 1,701
35–4918.1% · 2,437
50–6420.9% · 2,806
65–749.3% · 1,244
75–847.2% · 963
85+2.3% · 304
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 1,139
1 car or van40.0% · 2,235
2 cars or vans28.8% · 1,610
3 or more10.8% · 602
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright31.9% · 1,786
With mortgage30.1% · 1,681
Shared ownership1.2% · 65
Social rented25.9% · 1,449
Private rented10.7% · 601
Lives rent free0.2% · 9
Type of home
Detached house20.3% · 1,132
Semi-detached house48.4% · 2,707
Terraced house16.1% · 901
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 712
Converted house0.3% · 18
Other conversion0.3% · 16
Above shop / office0.8% · 47
Caravan, mobile1.0% · 57
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016439- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 16 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.