Electoral wardE05015448
Droitwich East ward, Wychavon
Droitwich East is one of 27 electoral wards of Wychavon District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,428 residents in 2,675 households — 2,422 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Droitwich and Evesham constituency; for county elections it is in the Droitwich East division.
Residents, 20215,428council ward average 4,907
Households2,6752.03 residents per household
Density2,422/ km²about 2.24 km² · Wychavon 200
Aged 65+30.1%Wychavon: 24.9% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 259
5–94.4% · 240
10–155.5% · 299
16–193.0% · 161
20–244.8% · 258
25–3411.0% · 598
35–4916.0% · 867
50–6420.5% · 1,113
65–7413.3% · 723
75–8411.0% · 599
85+5.7% · 311
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.0% · 616
1 car or van40.3% · 1,077
2 cars or vans27.1% · 726
3 or more9.6% · 256
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wychavon overall: 70.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 13.1% private rented.
Owned outright40.7% · 1,091
With mortgage24.2% · 647
Shared ownership0.6% · 16
Social rented18.5% · 495
Private rented16.0% · 428
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.8% · 877
Semi-detached house25.6% · 683
Terraced house12.2% · 326
Purpose-built flat24.7% · 660
Converted house1.1% · 29
Other conversion2.0% · 54
Above shop / office1.5% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015448- Council
- Wychavon District Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Droitwich East
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 27
Parishes in the ward
DodderhillDroitwich Spa
Other wards in the same constituency
BBadsey & Aldington26.3% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned3,294BBengeworth16.1% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned6,561BBowbrook26.9% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned2,952BBretforton & Offenham26.4% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned2,951BBroadway, Sedgeberrow & Childswickham35.5% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned6,314DDodderhill19.3% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned2,985DDrakes Broughton, Norton & Whittington18.4% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned6,705DDroitwich South East20.3% aged 65+ · 83.6% owned6,754DDroitwich South West26.3% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned6,335DDroitwich West19.5% aged 65+ · 52.2% owned6,519EEvesham North20.0% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned6,487EEvesham South22.8% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned7,405FFladbury32.9% aged 65+ · 78.2% owned2,790HHampton18.3% aged 65+ · 65.7% owned7,230
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.