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Northwich Leftwich ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Northwich Leftwich is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,785 residents in 2,278 households — 2,174 people per km², the 41st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Cheshire constituency.

Residents, 20214,785council ward average 7,937
Households2,2782.1 residents per household
Density2,174/ km²about 2.20 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+23.2%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 243
5–95.8% · 277
10–156.1% · 292
16–193.6% · 173
20–246.1% · 294
25–3412.0% · 575
35–4918.1% · 867
50–6419.9% · 952
65–7412.1% · 581
75–847.6% · 365
85+3.5% · 166

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.2% · 573
1 car or van44.9% · 1,022
2 cars or vans23.9% · 545
3 or more6.1% · 138
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Cheshire West and Chester overall: 68.3% owned, 14.6% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright32.0% · 729
With mortgage23.9% · 544
Shared ownership1.4% · 31
Social rented25.8% · 589
Private rented16.7% · 381
Lives rent free0.2% · 5

Type of home

Detached house11.9% · 271
Semi-detached house39.3% · 896
Terraced house27.1% · 617
Purpose-built flat19.2% · 438
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.9% · 21
Above shop / office0.9% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 8
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.