Oldbury, West Midlands

Oldbury
Sandwell Council House in Oldbury
Oldbury is located in West Midlands county
Oldbury
Oldbury
Location within the West Midlands
Population25,488 (Built-up area subdivision)[1]
13,606 (Ward)[2]
OS grid referenceSO989897
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Areas of the town
List
Post townOLDBURY
Postcode districtB68, B69
Dialling code0121
PoliceWest Midlands
FireWest Midlands
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
West Midlands
52°30′18″N 2°00′57″W / 52.505°N 2.0159°W / 52.505; -2.0159

Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606,[2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488.[3] Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, which defines Oldbury Town as consisting of the wards of Bristnall, Langley, Oldbury, and Old Warley,[4] gave the population as 50,641 in 2011.[5]

  1. ^ "2011 Census – Built-up Areas". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Population Density, 2011 (QS102EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  3. ^ "West Midlands (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de.
  4. ^ "Sandwell Town Profiles". Sandwell Trends. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Census 2011 – Summary Key Statistics". Sandwell Trends. Research Sandwell. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.