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Burslem ward, City of Stoke-on-Trent

Burslem is one of 34 electoral wards of Stoke-on-Trent City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 4,041 residents in 1,832 households — 3,115 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency.

Residents, 20214,041council ward average 7,599
Households1,8322.21 residents per household
Density3,115/ km²about 1.30 km² · City of Stoke-on-Trent 2,764
Aged 65+12.0%City of Stoke-on-Trent: 17.1% · under 16: 22.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.2% · 290
5–97.7% · 309
10–158.0% · 321
16–194.6% · 185
20–246.6% · 266
25–3418.3% · 739
35–4920.1% · 813
50–6415.6% · 630
65–746.6% · 266
75–844.0% · 163
85+1.3% · 54

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van35.3% · 646
1 car or van43.2% · 791
2 cars or vans17.7% · 324
3 or more3.7% · 68
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 outright18.9% · 346
With mortgage19.9% · 365
Shared ownership0.7% · 12
Social rented27.2% · 498
Private rented33.1% · 606
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house2.9% · 53
Semi-detached house23.7% · 435
Terraced house48.7% · 894
Purpose-built flat21.0% · 385
Converted house1.7% · 32
Other conversion1.0% · 18
Above shop / office1.0% · 19
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.