Electoral wardE05010510
Mitton ward, Wyre Forest
Mitton is one of 12 electoral wards of Wyre Forest District Council, in Worcestershire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 9,937 residents in 4,466 households — 1,576 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wyre Forest constituency; for county elections it is in the Stourport Mitton division.
Residents, 20219,937council ward average 8,467
Households4,4662.23 residents per household
Density1,576/ km²about 6.31 km² · Wyre Forest 520
Aged 65+24.7%Wyre Forest: 25.3% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 447
5–95.2% · 521
10–156.8% · 674
16–193.9% · 390
20–244.3% · 428
25–3410.4% · 1,037
35–4917.2% · 1,710
50–6422.9% · 2,275
65–7413.0% · 1,288
75–848.7% · 862
85+3.1% · 306
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.2% · 635
1 car or van39.9% · 1,784
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,451
3 or more13.3% · 596
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wyre Forest overall: 68.8% owned, 14.1% social rented, 16.0% private rented.
Owned outright42.1% · 1,880
With mortgage31.2% · 1,395
Shared ownership1.7% · 76
Social rented8.2% · 366
Private rented16.7% · 746
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house30.4% · 1,358
Semi-detached house38.0% · 1,699
Terraced house17.9% · 800
Purpose-built flat9.1% · 405
Converted house0.9% · 42
Other conversion0.3% · 14
Above shop / office1.1% · 49
Caravan, mobile2.3% · 101
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010510- Council
- Wyre Forest District Council
- County council
- Worcestershire County Council
- County division
- Stourport Mitton
- Constituency
- Wyre Forest
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 12
Parishes in the ward
KidderminsterStourport-on-Severn
Council offices in this ward
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% owned9,274FFoley Park & Hoobrook19.5% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned10,613FFranche & Habberley North25.5% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned9,784LLickhill29.2% aged 65+ · 87.9% owned2,459OOffmore & 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
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.