| Official Name: | St Matthew's[1] |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.5896°N -1.972°W |
| Map Type: | West Midlands County |
| Static Image Name: | St Matthew Church Walsall - geograph.org.uk - 6083664.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Matthew's Parish Church aerial and surrounding area in Walsall |
| Population: | 16,969 |
| Population Ref: | (2021 Census Ward Profile)[2] |
| Metropolitan Borough: | Walsall |
| Metropolitan County: | West Midlands |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Walsall and Bloxwich |
| Civil Parish: | Unparished |
| Post Town: | WALSALL |
| Postcode District: | WS4 |
| Postcode Area: | WS |
| Dial Code: | 01922 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP016982 |
| London Distance Mi: | 124 |
| London Direction: | SE |
| Type: | Ward and suburb |
St Matthew's[3] is a ward[4] and suburb of Walsall in the West Midlands county in England.[5] It had a population of 16,969 at the 2021 census.
The ward encompasses the northern, northeastern and a small portion of the southeast of the town.[6] It is named after the nearby Grade II listed parish church of St Matthew's. Which is a prominent landmark in the area and parts of the Arbouretum.
At the 2021 census, the ward profile population was 16,969. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was:
| St Matthew's: Ethnicity: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Ethnic group | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 8,521 | 50.2% | |||||||||||
| Asian or Asian British | 5,564 | 32.8% | |||||||||||
| Black or Black British | 1,495 | 8.8% | |||||||||||
| Mixed | 793 | 4.7% | |||||||||||
| Other Ethnic Group | 525 | 3.1% | |||||||||||
| Arab | 72 | 0.4% | |||||||||||
| Total | 16,969 | 100% | |||||||||||
| St Matthew's: Religion: 2021 Census | |||||||||||||
| Religious | Population | % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | 5,942 | 37.3% | |||||||||||
| Muslim | 4,286 | 26.9% | |||||||||||
| Irreligious | 4,001 | 25.1% | |||||||||||
| Sikh | 1,108 | 7% | |||||||||||
| Hindu | 433 | 2.7% | |||||||||||
| Other religion | 125 | 0.8% | |||||||||||
| Buddhist | 16 | 0.2% | |||||||||||
| Jewish | 2 | 0.1% | |||||||||||
| Total | 16,969 | 100% | |||||||||||