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Electoral wardE05013169

Appleton ward, Halton

Appleton is one of 18 electoral wards of Halton Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,662 residents in 3,063 households — 4,605 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Widnes and Halewood constituency.

Residents, 20216,662council ward average 7,138
Households3,0632.17 residents per household
Density4,605/ km²about 1.45 km² · Halton 1,624
Aged 65+17.7%Halton: 18.6% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 364
5–96.3% · 419
10–156.9% · 457
16–193.3% · 222
20–245.3% · 353
25–3416.0% · 1,068
35–4919.3% · 1,288
50–6419.7% · 1,312
65–749.5% · 632
75–845.6% · 376
85+2.6% · 170

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van32.8% · 1,005
1 car or van42.5% · 1,303
2 cars or vans20.3% · 621
3 or more4.4% · 134
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Halton overall: 60.5% owned, 24.4% social rented, 14.3% private rented.

Owned outright25.9% · 792
With mortgage28.8% · 883
Shared ownership0.3% · 8
Social rented18.8% · 575
Private rented26.1% · 798
Lives rent free0.2% · 7

Type of home

Detached house5.0% · 152
Semi-detached house30.0% · 920
Terraced house51.8% · 1,588
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 272
Converted house2.6% · 81
Other conversion0.4% · 13
Above shop / office1.2% · 37
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.