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Whitby Park ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Whitby Park is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,383 residents in 2,232 households — 3,665 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ellesmere Port and Bromborough constituency.

Residents, 20215,383council ward average 7,937
Households2,2322.41 residents per household
Density3,665/ km²about 1.47 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+21.8%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 248
5–95.7% · 309
10–157.0% · 379
16–193.8% · 206
20–245.0% · 267
25–3411.0% · 594
35–4918.6% · 1,000
50–6422.4% · 1,204
65–7410.7% · 574
75–847.5% · 401
85+3.7% · 199

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.3% · 340
1 car or van41.5% · 924
2 cars or vans32.9% · 733
3 or more10.3% · 230
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright44.6% · 995
With mortgage36.5% · 814
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented6.8% · 152
Private rented11.6% · 258
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house23.1% · 516
Semi-detached house52.4% · 1,168
Terraced house21.5% · 480
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 37
Converted house0.7% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 12
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.