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Electoral wardE05014559

Birches Head & Northwood ward, City of Stoke-on-Trent

Birches Head & Northwood is one of 34 electoral wards of Stoke-on-Trent City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 11,750 residents in 5,400 households — 4,229 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency.

Residents, 202111,750council ward average 7,599
Households5,4002.18 residents per household
Density4,229/ km²about 2.78 km² · City of Stoke-on-Trent 2,764
Aged 65+14.8%City of Stoke-on-Trent: 17.1% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 663
5–95.6% · 663
10–156.6% · 772
16–193.7% · 433
20–246.2% · 725
25–3416.2% · 1,907
35–4920.1% · 2,365
50–6421.1% · 2,480
65–748.8% · 1,038
75–844.3% · 505
85+1.7% · 194

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.4% · 1,694
1 car or van43.8% · 2,364
2 cars or vans19.6% · 1,057
3 or more5.2% · 283
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; City of Stoke-on-Trent overall: 56.7% owned, 22.3% social rented, 20.3% private rented.

Owned outright28.4% · 1,533
With mortgage26.5% · 1,431
Shared ownership0.5% · 28
Social rented17.3% · 936
Private rented27.0% · 1,456
Lives rent free0.3% · 14

Type of home

Detached house13.6% · 734
Semi-detached house26.7% · 1,443
Terraced house47.5% · 2,562
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 470
Converted house2.2% · 121
Other conversion0.5% · 29
Above shop / office0.7% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014559
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
8 of 34

Other wards in the same constituency

AAbbey Hulton16.8% aged 65+ · 37.9% owned6,557BBasford & Hartshill14.9% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned6,606BBentilee, Ubberley & Townsend15.7% aged 65+ · 40.1% owned13,021BBoothen12.6% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned4,048BBucknall & Eaton Park22.3% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned5,383EEtruria & Hanley8.3% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned6,018FFenton East18.2% aged 65+ · 56.1% owned5,437FFenton West & Mount Pleasant15.8% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned6,183HHanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton8.3% aged 65+ · 34.0% owned14,563HHartshill Park & Stoke11.0% aged 65+ · 43.1% owned5,233LLongton & Meir Hay South22.6% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned6,189MMeir Hay North, Parkhall & Weston Coyney21.7% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned12,434MMoorcroft & Sneyd Green17.3% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned12,896PPenkhull & Springfields17.6% aged 65+ · 51.3% owned4,833

All 34 wards of City of Stoke-on-Trent

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.