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Electoral wardE05013177

Farnworth ward, Halton

Farnworth is one of 18 electoral wards of Halton Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,990 residents in 3,291 households — 2,210 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Widnes and Halewood constituency.

Residents, 20217,990council ward average 7,138
Households3,2912.43 residents per household
Density2,210/ km²about 3.62 km² · Halton 1,624
Aged 65+19.7%Halton: 18.6% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 440
5–96.1% · 487
10–156.6% · 526
16–194.3% · 343
20–244.7% · 379
25–3411.2% · 893
35–4920.7% · 1,653
50–6421.2% · 1,692
65–7410.3% · 824
75–847.0% · 560
85+2.4% · 194

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.5% · 378
1 car or van36.1% · 1,187
2 cars or vans40.7% · 1,339
3 or more11.8% · 387
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright39.9% · 1,313
With mortgage43.9% · 1,444
Shared ownership0.1% · 4
Social rented7.0% · 229
Private rented9.1% · 299
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house42.3% · 1,391
Semi-detached house40.2% · 1,324
Terraced house9.9% · 327
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 218
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.5% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.