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Parkgate ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Parkgate is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,972 residents in 2,267 households — 451 people per km², the 37th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chester North and Neston constituency.

Residents, 20214,972council ward average 7,937
Households2,2672.19 residents per household
Density451/ km²about 11.02 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+33.2%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 13.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.4% · 167
5–93.7% · 184
10–156.2% · 307
16–193.5% · 174
20–244.6% · 228
25–347.4% · 369
35–4915.2% · 755
50–6422.8% · 1,134
65–7417.7% · 879
75–8411.4% · 565
85+4.2% · 208

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.3% · 234
1 car or van39.3% · 892
2 cars or vans37.6% · 852
3 or more12.7% · 289
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright55.2% · 1,251
With mortgage30.4% · 688
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented2.5% · 57
Private rented11.7% · 265

Type of home

Detached house55.0% · 1,246
Semi-detached house26.5% · 601
Terraced house10.5% · 237
Purpose-built flat4.8% · 109
Converted house0.7% · 15
Other conversion1.7% · 38
Above shop / office0.9% · 20
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.