Electoral wardE05016452
Willenhall ward, Walsall
Willenhall is one of 20 electoral wards of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 13,940 residents in 5,588 households — 3,257 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,940council ward average 14,206
Households5,5882.49 residents per household
Density3,257/ km²about 4.28 km² · Walsall 2,733
Aged 65+12.8%Walsall: 17.4% · under 16: 22.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.8% · 944
5–97.3% · 1,015
10–158.9% · 1,236
16–194.6% · 639
20–245.9% · 817
25–3415.0% · 2,092
35–4921.1% · 2,935
50–6417.8% · 2,483
65–747.1% · 990
75–844.3% · 597
85+1.4% · 191
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.1% · 1,627
1 car or van41.9% · 2,341
2 cars or vans22.0% · 1,229
3 or more6.9% · 387
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Walsall overall: 59.3% owned, 23.7% social rented, 16.3% private rented.
Owned outright22.3% · 1,247
With mortgage24.9% · 1,389
Shared ownership0.7% · 37
Social rented25.6% · 1,427
Private rented26.5% · 1,480
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house13.5% · 757
Semi-detached house36.3% · 2,033
Terraced house27.4% · 1,531
Purpose-built flat18.6% · 1,043
Converted house1.5% · 84
Other conversion0.8% · 42
Above shop / office1.6% · 90
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 14
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016452- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 12 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.