Electoral wardE05016442
New Invention ward, Walsall
New Invention is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 12,711 residents in 5,048 households — 5,415 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,711council ward average 14,206
Households5,0482.52 residents per household
Density5,415/ km²about 2.35 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+19.1%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 20.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 798
5–96.5% · 831
10–157.3% · 925
16–194.4% · 565
20–246.1% · 773
25–3412.7% · 1,610
35–4917.8% · 2,259
50–6419.8% · 2,517
65–7410.7% · 1,363
75–846.5% · 822
85+2.0% · 249
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.7% · 943
1 car or van39.9% · 2,014
2 cars or vans30.1% · 1,521
3 or more11.2% · 567
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.5% · 1,896
With mortgage30.4% · 1,538
Shared ownership0.8% · 40
Social rented19.2% · 973
Private rented12.0% · 605
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house24.2% · 1,223
Semi-detached house46.6% · 2,357
Terraced house15.5% · 784
Purpose-built flat13.0% · 656
Converted house0.2% · 11
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016442- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 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.