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Electoral wardE05010503

Areley Kings & Riverside ward, Wyre Forest

Areley Kings & Riverside is one of 12 electoral wards of Wyre Forest District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,258 residents in 3,887 households — 2,026 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wyre Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Stourport Areley Kings & Riverside division.

Residents, 20218,258council ward average 8,467
Households3,8872.12 residents per household
Density2,026/ km²about 4.08 km² · Wyre Forest 520
Aged 65+32.1%Wyre Forest: 25.3% · under 16: 14.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 349
5–94.7% · 386
10–155.6% · 464
16–193.4% · 282
20–244.2% · 348
25–349.5% · 783
35–4914.8% · 1,223
50–6421.5% · 1,776
65–7416.5% · 1,363
75–8412.0% · 994
85+3.5% · 293

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.9% · 657
1 car or van42.8% · 1,666
2 cars or vans29.3% · 1,138
3 or more11.0% · 427
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wyre Forest overall: 68.8% owned, 14.1% social rented, 16.0% private rented.

Owned outright47.0% · 1,825
With mortgage23.1% · 897
Shared ownership1.0% · 37
Social rented17.7% · 687
Private rented11.3% · 438
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house31.2% · 1,215
Semi-detached house33.7% · 1,312
Terraced house14.4% · 560
Purpose-built flat12.0% · 468
Converted house0.7% · 28
Other conversion0.6% · 22
Above shop / office1.1% · 43
Caravan, mobile6.2% · 240
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010503
County division
Stourport Areley Kings & Riverside
Constituency
Wyre Forest
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
6 of 12

Parishes in the ward

Stourport-on-Severn

Other wards in the same constituency

AAggborough & Spennells23.9% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned8,764BBewdley & Rock34.4% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned8,659BBlakebrook & Habberley South20.2% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned9,486BBroadwaters16.8% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned9,274FFoley Park & Hoobrook19.5% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,613FFranche & Habberley North25.5% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned9,784LLickhill29.2% aged 65+ · 87.9% owned2,459MMitton24.7% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned9,937OOffmore & Comberton25.9% aged 65+ · 65.6% owned9,488WWribbenhall & Arley30.4% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned5,304WWyre Forest Rural27.8% aged 65+ · 74.4% owned9,581

All 12 wards of Wyre Forest

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.