Electoral wardE05016450
St Matthew's ward, Walsall
St Matthew's is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,167 residents in 5,044 households — 4,695 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,167council ward average 14,206
Households5,0442.61 residents per household
Density4,695/ km²about 2.80 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+9.6%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 23.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–48.6% · 1,131
5–96.7% · 884
10–158.2% · 1,080
16–196.8% · 899
20–249.3% · 1,220
25–3415.4% · 2,029
35–4920.9% · 2,757
50–6414.5% · 1,917
65–745.3% · 700
75–842.9% · 384
85+1.3% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van45.0% · 2,273
1 car or van35.9% · 1,813
2 cars or vans13.8% · 697
3 or more5.2% · 265
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright16.7% · 841
With mortgage13.9% · 703
Shared ownership0.5% · 24
Social rented36.7% · 1,851
Private rented32.0% · 1,614
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house11.0% · 555
Semi-detached house14.4% · 727
Terraced house22.1% · 1,114
Purpose-built flat42.3% · 2,135
Converted house3.6% · 181
Other conversion2.3% · 116
Above shop / office4.0% · 204
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016450- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 3 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.