Electoral wardE05016448
Rushall-Shelfield ward, Walsall
Rushall-Shelfield is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 14,522 residents in 6,096 households — 1,763 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,522council ward average 14,206
Households6,0962.38 residents per household
Density1,763/ km²about 8.24 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+19.0%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 792
5–96.1% · 886
10–157.4% · 1,079
16–193.7% · 544
20–245.1% · 736
25–3413.7% · 1,988
35–4918.5% · 2,683
50–6421.0% · 3,044
65–7410.2% · 1,474
75–846.2% · 902
85+2.6% · 382
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.6% · 1,314
1 car or van40.9% · 2,492
2 cars or vans27.3% · 1,663
3 or more10.3% · 625
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright33.5% · 2,042
With mortgage30.8% · 1,879
Shared ownership1.1% · 70
Social rented19.9% · 1,216
Private rented14.4% · 880
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house22.8% · 1,389
Semi-detached house39.4% · 2,405
Terraced house21.0% · 1,282
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 837
Converted house1.9% · 113
Other conversion0.6% · 37
Above shop / office0.6% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016448- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 17 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.