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Electoral wardE05015463

Pershore ward, Wychavon

Pershore is one of 27 electoral wards of Wychavon District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,401 residents in 3,970 households — 736 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the West Worcestershire constituency; for county elections it is in the Pershore division.

Residents, 20218,401council ward average 4,907
Households3,9702.12 residents per household
Density736/ km²about 11.42 km² · Wychavon 200
Aged 65+29.4%Wychavon: 24.9% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 393
5–95.2% · 435
10–156.3% · 532
16–193.5% · 292
20–244.3% · 364
25–3411.1% · 933
35–4914.8% · 1,240
50–6420.7% · 1,741
65–7414.0% · 1,175
75–8411.0% · 924
85+4.4% · 373

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.1% · 641
1 car or van43.8% · 1,742
2 cars or vans30.0% · 1,192
3 or more10.0% · 398
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wychavon overall: 70.1% owned, 15.6% social rented, 13.1% private rented.

Owned outright42.3% · 1,677
With mortgage22.1% · 877
Shared ownership1.9% · 76
Social rented20.5% · 815
Private rented13.2% · 522
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house30.7% · 1,218
Semi-detached house33.6% · 1,335
Terraced house22.1% · 879
Purpose-built flat9.5% · 379
Converted house1.5% · 58
Other conversion1.2% · 49
Above shop / office1.3% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05015463
County division
Pershore
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
9 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Pershore

Other wards in the same constituency

All 27 wards of Wychavon

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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.