Electoral wardE05013173
Bridgewater ward, Halton
Bridgewater is one of 18 electoral wards of Halton Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,679 residents in 3,439 households — 4,376 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
Residents, 20217,679council ward average 7,138
Households3,4392.23 residents per household
Density4,376/ km²about 1.75 km² · Halton 1,624
Aged 65+14.8%Halton: 18.6% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 466
5–96.6% · 510
10–157.3% · 563
16–194.8% · 372
20–245.2% · 400
25–3416.3% · 1,255
35–4920.4% · 1,564
50–6418.4% · 1,409
65–749.2% · 703
75–844.4% · 339
85+1.3% · 97
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 869
1 car or van47.6% · 1,638
2 cars or vans21.9% · 752
3 or more5.2% · 180
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Halton overall: 60.5% owned, 24.4% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright24.9% · 858
With mortgage26.3% · 905
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented25.1% · 862
Private rented23.1% · 796
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house4.7% · 160
Semi-detached house43.4% · 1,490
Terraced house36.2% · 1,243
Purpose-built flat14.1% · 486
Converted house1.3% · 44
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013173- Council
- Halton Borough Council
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 18
Other wards in the same constituency
BBeechwood & Heath29.1% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned7,561DDaresbury, Moore & Sandymoor13.9% aged 65+ · 91.6% owned4,891GGrange18.5% aged 65+ · 51.2% owned8,079HHalton Castle18.6% aged 65+ · 42.6% owned6,762HHalton Lea19.2% aged 65+ · 36.7% owned6,694MMersey & Weston15.1% aged 65+ · 53.2% owned7,867NNorton North17.2% aged 65+ · 61.1% owned7,610NNorton South & Preston Brook19.4% aged 65+ · 50.4% owned7,146
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.