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Lower Wick & Pitmaston ward, Worcester

Lower Wick & Pitmaston is one of 16 electoral wards of Worcester City Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,058 residents in 2,630 households — 1,847 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worcester constituency; for county elections it is in the Bedwardine division.

Residents, 20216,058council ward average 6,491
Households2,6302.3 residents per household
Density1,847/ km²about 3.28 km² · Worcester 3,122
Aged 65+27.5%Worcester: 17.6% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 241
5–94.1% · 249
10–156.2% · 373
16–194.6% · 279
20–245.3% · 322
25–349.6% · 582
35–4917.1% · 1,035
50–6421.7% · 1,314
65–7414.0% · 847
75–849.5% · 573
85+4.0% · 243

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.6% · 383
1 car or van41.6% · 1,095
2 cars or vans31.3% · 823
3 or more12.5% · 329
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Worcester overall: 61.4% owned, 16.3% social rented, 21.2% private rented.

Owned outright47.6% · 1,253
With mortgage32.4% · 854
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented4.9% · 130
Private rented14.7% · 386

Type of home

Detached house34.6% · 910
Semi-detached house42.5% · 1,118
Terraced house16.4% · 432
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 99
Converted house1.2% · 32
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office1.0% · 25
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.