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Winsford Wharton ward, Cheshire West and Chester

Winsford Wharton is one of 45 electoral wards of Cheshire West and Chester Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,640 residents in 2,225 households — 1,461 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Cheshire constituency.

Residents, 20215,640council ward average 7,937
Households2,2252.53 residents per household
Density1,461/ km²about 3.86 km² · Cheshire West and Chester 388
Aged 65+11.0%Cheshire West and Chester: 21.2% · under 16: 22.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.6% · 370
5–96.9% · 388
10–158.7% · 488
16–194.7% · 263
20–246.2% · 349
25–3415.7% · 887
35–4921.2% · 1,197
50–6419.0% · 1,074
65–746.5% · 369
75–843.5% · 197
85+1.0% · 57

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.7% · 505
1 car or van42.2% · 940
2 cars or vans26.2% · 584
3 or more8.8% · 196
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright22.9% · 509
With mortgage32.4% · 720
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented23.9% · 532
Private rented20.1% · 447
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house27.5% · 612
Semi-detached house33.4% · 744
Terraced house32.6% · 726
Purpose-built flat4.9% · 108
Converted house0.8% · 18
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.