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Electoral wardE05010505

Blakebrook & Habberley South ward, Wyre Forest

Blakebrook & Habberley South is one of 12 electoral wards of Wyre Forest District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,486 residents in 4,491 households — 3,360 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wyre Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the St Johns division.

Residents, 20219,486council ward average 8,467
Households4,4912.11 residents per household
Density3,360/ km²about 2.82 km² · Wyre Forest 520
Aged 65+20.2%Wyre Forest: 25.3% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 517
5–95.9% · 562
10–156.0% · 572
16–193.4% · 321
20–245.5% · 518
25–3414.1% · 1,341
35–4919.6% · 1,859
50–6419.8% · 1,879
65–7410.6% · 1,003
75–846.9% · 657
85+2.7% · 256

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.2% · 1,087
1 car or van41.0% · 1,839
2 cars or vans25.7% · 1,153
3 or more9.2% · 411
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.3% · 1,362
With mortgage26.6% · 1,194
Shared ownership1.2% · 56
Social rented14.1% · 633
Private rented27.7% · 1,242
Lives rent free0.0% · 2

Type of home

Detached house20.4% · 918
Semi-detached house28.6% · 1,282
Terraced house28.3% · 1,272
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 784
Converted house2.3% · 102
Other conversion1.2% · 55
Above shop / office1.6% · 74
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010505
County division
St Johns
Constituency
Wyre Forest
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
4 of 12

Parishes in the ward

Kidderminster

Other wards in the same constituency

AAggborough & Spennells23.9% aged 65+ · 67.4% owned8,764AAreley Kings & Riverside32.1% aged 65+ · 70.0% owned8,258BBewdley & Rock34.4% aged 65+ · 81.4% owned8,659BBroadwaters16.8% 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.