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Worcestershire County Council

Local authority area: Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a county council, in the West Midlands region of England. It covers 1,740.5 km² and had 609,216 residents in 2022 — about 350 people per km². The council is based in Worcester.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Worcestershire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022609,216+7.1% since 2012
Land area1,740.5km²672.0 sq mi
Density350/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#23of 382 UK councils · #22 in England
Population estimates4 data points
569K592.1K598.1K609.2K
2012201820202022
History

How the council came to be

  1. —
    Predecessors

    Hereford and Worcester

Borders

Neighbouring councils

WWarwickshireCounty council607,604HHerefordshireUnitary authority188,719
Same region, same type

Other county councils in West Midlands

All councils in West Midlands
Staffordshire886,284Warwickshire607,604
Elections

53 county electoral divisions

Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.

DivisionDistrictWardsResidents
AlvechurchBromsgrove412,512
BeaconBromsgrove412,731
BedwardineWorcester317,720
BewdleyWyre Forest213,963
BowbrookWychavon317,350
BredonWychavon518,084
BroadwayWychavon418,959
Bromsgrove CentralBromsgrove621,241
Bromsgrove EastBromsgrove516,991
Bromsgrove SouthBromsgrove413,877
Bromsgrove WestBromsgrove411,316
ChaddesleyWyre Forest218,345
ClainesWorcester214,331
Clent HillsBromsgrove313,941
Cookley, Wolverley & WribbenhallWyre Forest214,885
CroomeMalvern Hills29,588
Droitwich EastWychavon318,517
Droitwich WestWychavon319,608
Evesham North WestWychavon213,717
Evesham SouthWychavon213,966
HallowMalvern Hills412,294
HarvingtonWychavon315,276
LittletonsWychavon29,421
Malvern ChaseMalvern Hills214,683
Malvern LanglandMalvern Hills316,683
Malvern LinkMalvern Hills212,398
Malvern TrinityMalvern Hills314,993
NunneryWorcester215,234
OmbersleyWychavon414,550
PershoreWychavon211,644
Powick & LongdonMalvern Hills313,608
Rainbow Hill & Fort RoyalWorcester211,596
Redditch CentralRedditch441,567
Redditch EastRedditch329,797
Redditch SouthRedditch326,339
Redditch WestRedditch329,724
RiversideWorcester316,910
St BarnabasWyre Forest19,784
St ChadsWyre Forest218,252
St GeorgesWyre Forest218,762
St JohnWorcester317,396
St JohnsWyre Forest220,099
St PeterWorcester211,082
St PetersWyre Forest219,377
St StephenWorcester211,703
Stourport Areley Kings & RiversideWyre Forest210,717
Stourport MittonWyre Forest212,396
TenburyMalvern Hills312,885
Upton SnodsburyWychavon418,375
Warndon & Elbury ParkWorcester111,522
Warndon VillagesWorcester211,596
WoodvaleBromsgrove517,183
WythallBromsgrove412,276
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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CWorcestershire County CouncilCouncil office · Worcester WR5 2NP · hours listed
Source: Wikidata Q23135 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.