Sandwell

Borough of Sandwell
Borough of Sandwell
Metropolitan borough
	West Bromwich, the largest town in Sandwell
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Unity and Progress
	Sandwell shown within the West Midlands and England
	Coordinates: 52°30′19″N 2°1′2″W / 52.50528°N 2.01722°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Historic County	Staffordshire and Worcestershire
Status	Metropolitan borough
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Admin HQ	Oldbury
Government
• Type	Metropolitan district council
• Body	Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• Mayor	Cllr Bill Gavan (2023 - Present)
• MPs	John Spellar (L); Shaun Bailey (C); Nicola Richards (C); James Morris (C)
Area
• Total	33 sq mi (86 km2)
Population (2022)
• Total	344,210 (Ranked 29th)
• Density	9,720/sq mi (3,752/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 57.2% White ; 25.8% Asian ; 8.7% Black ; 4.3% Mixed ; 4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 39.9% Christianity ; 26.1% no religion ; 13.4% Islam ; 11.5% Sikhism ; 5.4% not stated ; 2.8% Hinduism ; 0.7% other ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	GMT BST
Postcode	B 43 & 64-71, DY 4, WS 10, WV 14,
Area code(s)	0121, 01384
ISO 3166 code	GB-SAW
ONS code	00CS (ONS); E08000028 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO9954890217
NUTS 3	UKG37
Website	www.sandwell.gov.uk

Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council defines the borough as the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. Rowley Regis includes the towns of Blackheath and Cradley Heath.^[2]

Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. In 2019 Sandwell was ranked 12th most deprived of England's 317 boroughs.^[3]

Bordering Sandwell is the City of Birmingham to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south and west, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Wolverhampton to the north-west. Spanning the borough are the parliamentary constituencies of West Bromwich West, West Bromwich East, Warley, and part of Halesowen and Rowley Regis, which crosses into the Dudley borough.

At the 2011 census, the borough had a population of 309,000 and an area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi).^[4]

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Sandwell Local Authority (E08000028)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Where is Sandwell?". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ "Deprivation - Sandwell in a West Midlands Context". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ "Sandwell in Brief". Sandwell Trends. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[2021_Nomis-1] UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Sandwell Local Authority (E08000028)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[2] "Where is Sandwell?". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[3] "Deprivation - Sandwell in a West Midlands Context". Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[4] "Sandwell in Brief". Sandwell Trends. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

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