Ward description

The ward covers an area of north east Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, including the districts of Aston

Aston

Aston is an area of the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Lying to the north-east of the Birmingham city centre, Aston constitutes an electoral ward within the council constituency of Ladywood.-History:...

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Ward demographics

From the census of 2001:

• White British - 26.00%
• White Irish - 2.58%
• White Other - 0.87%
• Asian or Asian British - 42.41%
• Black or Black British - 21.51%
• Mixed - 3.69%
• Chinese or other - 2.02%

Ward history

The ward was created in 1911, when Birmingham gained the Aston Manor Urban District. As a typical inner city ward, which tends to lose population the boundaries have bene altered on a number of occasions.

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