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Electoral wardE05010507

Foley Park & Hoobrook ward, Wyre Forest

Foley Park & Hoobrook is one of 12 electoral wards of Wyre Forest District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 10,613 residents in 4,561 households — 1,829 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wyre Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the St Johns and St Peters divisions.

Residents, 202110,613council ward average 8,467
Households4,5612.33 residents per household
Density1,829/ km²about 5.80 km² · Wyre Forest 520
Aged 65+19.5%Wyre Forest: 25.3% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 610
5–96.6% · 700
10–157.6% · 809
16–194.4% · 464
20–245.3% · 563
25–3413.2% · 1,406
35–4918.1% · 1,918
50–6419.5% · 2,071
65–7411.0% · 1,171
75–846.7% · 706
85+1.8% · 196

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.5% · 980
1 car or van39.8% · 1,813
2 cars or vans28.2% · 1,287
3 or more10.5% · 480
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.4% · 1,386
With mortgage27.6% · 1,258
Shared ownership1.6% · 74
Social rented26.6% · 1,214
Private rented13.6% · 620
Lives rent free0.2% · 9

Type of home

Detached house23.6% · 1,077
Semi-detached house47.4% · 2,163
Terraced house13.6% · 619
Purpose-built flat13.9% · 633
Converted house0.6% · 29
Other conversion0.4% · 17
Above shop / office0.5% · 23
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05010507
County division
St Johns, St Peters
Constituency
Wyre Forest
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
7 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% owned8,659BBlakebrook & Habberley South20.2% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned9,486BBroadwaters16.8% aged 65+ · 62.2% owned9,274FFranche & 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.