Electoral wardE05015863
St Stephen ward, Worcester
St Stephen is one of 16 electoral wards of Worcester City Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,587 residents in 2,530 households — 3,740 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Worcester constituency; for county elections it is in the St Stephen division.
Residents, 20215,587council ward average 6,491
Households2,5302.21 residents per household
Density3,740/ km²about 1.49 km² · Worcester 3,122
Aged 65+21.3%Worcester: 17.6% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 293
5–95.5% · 305
10–156.2% · 344
16–193.8% · 211
20–244.4% · 248
25–3412.5% · 701
35–4920.4% · 1,141
50–6420.7% · 1,158
65–7411.8% · 662
75–847.2% · 405
85+2.2% · 125
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.7% · 449
1 car or van42.7% · 1,080
2 cars or vans30.1% · 762
3 or more9.4% · 239
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Worcester overall: 61.4% owned, 16.3% social rented, 21.2% private rented.
Owned outright38.1% · 964
With mortgage33.0% · 834
Shared ownership1.1% · 28
Social rented12.5% · 316
Private rented15.3% · 388
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house17.6% · 445
Semi-detached house40.8% · 1,031
Terraced house24.4% · 618
Purpose-built flat15.2% · 384
Converted house1.3% · 32
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015863- Council
- Worcester City Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- St Stephen
- Constituency
- Worcester
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 7 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% owned8,210FFort 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% owned5,648
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.