Electoral wardE05015854
Fort Royal ward, Worcester
Fort Royal is one of 16 electoral wards of Worcester City Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,755 residents in 2,730 households — 4,348 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worcester constituency; for county elections it is in the Rainbow Hill & Fort Royal division.
Residents, 20215,755council ward average 6,491
Households2,7302.11 residents per household
Density4,348/ km²about 1.32 km² · Worcester 3,122
Aged 65+13.8%Worcester: 17.6% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 317
5–94.2% · 244
10–155.5% · 317
16–193.8% · 220
20–249.5% · 546
25–3420.2% · 1,164
35–4921.2% · 1,222
50–6416.3% · 937
65–748.2% · 473
75–844.2% · 239
85+1.4% · 80
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.4% · 1,022
1 car or van41.4% · 1,130
2 cars or vans16.8% · 460
3 or more4.4% · 119
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worcester overall: 61.4% owned, 16.3% social rented, 21.2% private rented.
Owned outright20.6% · 563
With mortgage18.5% · 505
Shared ownership1.2% · 32
Social rented22.2% · 606
Private rented37.5% · 1,023
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house5.3% · 144
Semi-detached house14.3% · 389
Terraced house27.7% · 755
Purpose-built flat39.0% · 1,064
Converted house5.4% · 146
Other conversion3.8% · 104
Above shop / office4.5% · 123
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015854- Council
- Worcester City Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Rainbow Hill & Fort Royal
- Constituency
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AArboretum16.3% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned6,116BBattenhall21.3% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned5,434CCathedral14.8% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned5,742CClaines24.9% aged 65+ · 81.8% owned8,215DDines Green & Grove Farm16.4% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned8,210LLeopard 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.