Electoral wardE05016440
Darlaston South ward, Walsall
Darlaston South is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 17,605 residents in 6,749 households — 4,859 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202117,605council ward average 14,206
Households6,7492.61 residents per household
Density4,859/ km²about 3.62 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+12.2%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 26.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.3% · 1,466
5–98.3% · 1,464
10–159.6% · 1,687
16–194.5% · 791
20–245.9% · 1,035
25–3415.2% · 2,672
35–4920.2% · 3,554
50–6415.9% · 2,791
65–746.7% · 1,177
75–844.1% · 724
85+1.4% · 240
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.4% · 2,050
1 car or van42.1% · 2,839
2 cars or vans21.2% · 1,432
3 or more6.4% · 430
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright21.2% · 1,428
With mortgage24.0% · 1,617
Shared ownership0.4% · 27
Social rented36.0% · 2,431
Private rented18.2% · 1,225
Lives rent free0.2% · 16
Type of home
Detached house9.5% · 640
Semi-detached house48.6% · 3,283
Terraced house24.4% · 1,649
Purpose-built flat15.5% · 1,045
Converted house0.8% · 56
Other conversion0.4% · 30
Above shop / office0.7% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016440- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 2 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.