Curborough | |
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Purcell Avenue, Curborough, Lichfield | |
Location within Staffordshire | |
Population | 4,273 (2021 Census Ward Profile) |
• London | 125 mi (201 km) SE |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Lichfield |
Postcode district | WS13 |
Dialling code | 01543 |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Curborough is the name given to the ward and suburb [1] of Lichfield in the Lichfield District and the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. It is one of the six wards on Lichfield City Council and is currently represented by Cllrs Colin Ball, David Robertson, Matthew Field and Paula Knight who are all members of the Labour Party. [2]
Curborough is located to the north of Lichfield City Centre and close to the villages of Elmhurst, Fradley and Streethay. [3] It is also close to Eastern Avenue/A5192 and the West Coast Main Line station, Lichfield Trent Valley. [4]
The suburb is directly adjacent to Eastern Avenue, which has multiple retail parks [5] [6] along it and Lichfield City Centre is a short distance to the south. It is currently proposed the area will have nearly 3,000 new homes built. [7]
At the 2021 census, the population of Curborough's ward profile was 4,273. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
:Curborough: 2021 Census [8] | |||||||||||||
Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
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White | 4,100 | 95.9% | |||||||||||
Mixed | 77 | 1.8% | |||||||||||
Asian or Asian British | 65 | 1.5% | |||||||||||
Other Ethnic Group | 17 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Black or Black British | 15 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Total | 4,273 | 100% |
The religious composition of Curborough's ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:
Curborough: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
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Christian | 2,081 | 51.5% | |||||||||||
Irreligious | 1,887 | 46.7% | |||||||||||
Other religion | 27 | 0.7% | |||||||||||
Hindu | 16 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
Sikh | 12 | 0.3% | |||||||||||
Muslim | 9 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Buddhist | 7 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
Jewish | 3 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
Total | 4,273 | 100% |
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