Sutton Four Oaks (ward)

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Sutton Four Oaks
Ward
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Sutton Four Oaks
Location within the West Midlands
Population24,025 (2011Ward) [1]
•  Density 16.7 per ha
OS grid reference SP105995
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SUTTON COLDFIELD
Postcode district B74
Dialling code 0121
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52°35′17″N1°49′33″W / 52.5880°N 1.8258°W / 52.5880; -1.8258 Coordinates: 52°35′17″N1°49′33″W / 52.5880°N 1.8258°W / 52.5880; -1.8258

Sutton Four Oaks is one of the 40 electoral wards in Birmingham, England. [2]

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Sutton Four Oaks is one of the four wards that make up the Parliamentary Constituency and council constituency of Sutton Coldfield. The ward lies to the north of Sutton Coldfield town centre and covers Hill Hook, Hill Wood, Roughley, Doe Bank, Ley Hill, Four Oaks, Four Oaks Park and Mere Green. Mere Green is the main shopping area for the ward and also has the ward's only library.

Sutton Coldfield (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1945 onwards

Sutton Coldfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andrew Mitchell, a Conservative.

Hill Hook is an area of Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England.

Roughley

Roughley is a housing estate part of Sutton Coldfield, which is in Birmingham in the West Midlands. It is north of Sutton Coldfield Town Centre, close to Mere Green and Four Oaks.

It covers an area of 19.61 square kilometres (7.57 sq mi).

Population

According to the 2001 Population Census there were 21,690 people living in 9,274 households in Sutton Four Oaks. 4.9% (1,068) of the ward's population consisted of ethnic minorities compared to 29.6% for Birmingham in general. The population had increased to 24,205 at the 2011 Census.

Census Acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practices.

Politics

Sutton Four Oaks is represented by Cllr Maureen Cornish on Birmingham City Council, and Cllrs Clare Horrocks and Simon Ward on Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council.

Maureen, Clare and Simon all represent the Conservative Party.

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References

  1. ↑ "Birmingham Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/wards
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