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Northwich Winnington & Castle ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Northwich Winnington & Castle is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,226 residents in 4,065 households — 2,368 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Cheshire constituency.

Residents, 20219,226council ward average 7,937
Households4,0652.27 residents per household
Density2,368/ km²about 3.90 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+12.3%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.8% · 631
5–96.4% · 587
10–157.1% · 659
16–193.4% · 315
20–244.8% · 442
25–3419.0% · 1,756
35–4922.6% · 2,082
50–6417.5% · 1,618
65–747.3% · 678
75–843.6% · 332
85+1.4% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.7% · 518
1 car or van44.6% · 1,813
2 cars or vans35.0% · 1,424
3 or more7.6% · 308
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.6% · 1,083
With mortgage43.7% · 1,778
Shared ownership1.3% · 52
Social rented7.5% · 303
Private rented20.8% · 846
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house18.2% · 742
Semi-detached house37.6% · 1,530
Terraced house31.3% · 1,275
Purpose-built flat10.7% · 436
Converted house0.9% · 36
Other conversion0.6% · 25
Above shop / office0.5% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.