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Wyre Forest District Council
Local authority area: Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest is a district council in Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It covers 195.4 km² and had 102,328 residents in 2022 — about 524 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Kidderminster.
Town hall in the administrative centreKidderminster Town Hall
Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Wyre Forest, 2012–2022.
Residents, 2022102,328+4.3% since 2012
Land area195.4km²75.4 sq mi
Density524/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#305of 382 UK councils · #258 in England
Population estimates5 data points
98.1K99.5K101.1K101.6K102.3K
20122015201820212022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Wyre Forest became a local authority area.
Same county
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Elections
12 electoral wards
Census 2021: 101,607 residents in 45,316 households across the wards; 25.3% aged 65+, 68.8% of homes owned, 16.3% of households without a car.
1Foley Park & Hoobrook4,561 households · 19.5% aged 65+10,6132Mitton4,466 households · 24.7% aged 65+9,9373Franche & Habberley North4,147 households · 25.5% aged 65+9,7844Wyre Forest Rural4,082 households · 27.8% aged 65+9,5815Offmore & Comberton4,297 households · 25.9% aged 65+9,4886Blakebrook & Habberley South4,491 households · 20.2% aged 65+9,486
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
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Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q548224 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.