Electoral wardE05016449
Short Heath ward, Walsall
Short Heath is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,209 residents in 5,620 households — 3,295 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,209council ward average 14,206
Households5,6202.35 residents per household
Density3,295/ km²about 4.01 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+23.4%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 699
5–95.5% · 732
10–157.0% · 919
16–194.0% · 532
20–244.7% · 615
25–3412.9% · 1,703
35–4917.3% · 2,286
50–6419.9% · 2,632
65–7412.4% · 1,632
75–848.3% · 1,095
85+2.7% · 360
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.9% · 1,226
1 car or van42.7% · 2,397
2 cars or vans26.7% · 1,498
3 or more8.7% · 488
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright41.2% · 2,316
With mortgage26.5% · 1,493
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented18.7% · 1,050
Private rented13.1% · 736
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house14.8% · 833
Semi-detached house50.6% · 2,842
Terraced house18.4% · 1,033
Purpose-built flat14.9% · 837
Converted house0.4% · 21
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.8% · 43
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016449- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 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.