Electoral wardE05015851
Cathedral ward, Worcester
Cathedral is one of 16 electoral wards of Worcester City Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,742 residents in 2,986 households — 3,052 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worcester constituency; for county elections it is in the Riverside division.
Residents, 20215,742council ward average 6,491
Households2,9861.92 residents per household
Density3,052/ km²about 1.88 km² · Worcester 3,122
Aged 65+14.8%Worcester: 17.6% · under 16: 11.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 234
5–93.4% · 193
10–153.9% · 225
16–195.0% · 287
20–2412.2% · 701
25–3420.1% · 1,155
35–4918.2% · 1,047
50–6418.3% · 1,053
65–748.6% · 494
75–844.4% · 255
85+1.8% · 101
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.7% · 918
1 car or van46.7% · 1,395
2 cars or vans18.2% · 543
3 or more4.4% · 130
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worcester overall: 61.4% owned, 16.3% social rented, 21.2% private rented.
Owned outright23.1% · 689
With mortgage20.9% · 624
Shared ownership1.6% · 48
Social rented15.4% · 458
Private rented39.0% · 1,164
Type of home
Detached house4.7% · 139
Semi-detached house13.0% · 387
Terraced house23.4% · 700
Purpose-built flat46.8% · 1,397
Converted house4.1% · 123
Other conversion3.8% · 113
Above shop / office4.0% · 119
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015851- Council
- Worcester City Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Riverside
- Constituency
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 16
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AArboretum16.3% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned6,116BBattenhall21.3% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,434CClaines24.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned8,215DDines Green & Grove Farm16.4% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned8,210FFort Royal13.8% aged 65+ · 39.1% owned5,755LLeopard Hill14.3% aged 65+ · 69.4% owned6,281LLower Wick & Pitmaston27.5% aged 65+ · 80.0% owned6,058NNunnery16.1% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned8,953RRainbow Hill12.4% aged 65+ · 50.5% owned5,841SSt Clement21.8% aged 65+ · 73.1% owned5,734SSt John's17.6% aged 65+ · 47.3% owned3,452SSt Nicholas11.9% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned5,315SSt Peter's Parish19.0% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned5,648SSt Stephen21.3% aged 65+ · 71.0% owned5,587
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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.