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Electoral wardE05014579

Longton & Meir Hay South ward, City of Stoke-on-Trent

Longton & Meir Hay South is one of 34 electoral wards of Stoke-on-Trent City Council (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 6,189 residents in 3,024 households — 2,773 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stoke-on-Trent Central and Stoke-on-Trent South constituencies.

Residents, 20216,189council ward average 7,599
Households3,0242.05 residents per household
Density2,773/ km²about 2.23 km² · City of Stoke-on-Trent 2,764
Aged 65+22.6%City of Stoke-on-Trent: 17.1% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.7% · 290
5–95.2% · 325
10–156.1% · 377
16–193.3% · 205
20–245.1% · 315
25–3413.6% · 840
35–4917.3% · 1,074
50–6422.1% · 1,369
65–7411.5% · 712
75–848.6% · 532
85+2.6% · 159

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.1% · 821
1 car or van43.6% · 1,319
2 cars or vans23.0% · 697
3 or more6.2% · 188
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 outright33.1% · 1,000
With mortgage27.8% · 839
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented23.6% · 713
Private rented14.6% · 440
Lives rent free0.7% · 20

Type of home

Detached house9.6% · 291
Semi-detached house53.0% · 1,601
Terraced house29.3% · 885
Purpose-built flat5.4% · 162
Converted house1.5% · 45
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office1.0% · 30
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014579
Region
West Midlands
Density rank in council
21 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% owned13,021BBirches Head & Northwood14.8% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned11,750BBlurton22.1% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned7,967BBoothen12.6% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned4,048BBucknall & Eaton Park22.3% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned5,383DDresden & Florence20.3% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned5,469EEtruria & Hanley8.3% aged 65+ · 42.2% owned6,018FFenton East18.2% aged 65+ · 56.1% owned5,437FFenton West & Mount Pleasant15.8% aged 65+ · 48.4% owned6,183HHanford, Newstead & Trentham23.5% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned15,133HHanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton8.3% aged 65+ · 34.0% owned14,563HHartshill Park & Stoke11.0% aged 65+ · 43.1% owned5,233

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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.