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Electoral wardE05013179

Halton Castle ward, Halton

Halton Castle is one of 18 electoral wards of Halton Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,762 residents in 3,141 households — 1,365 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

Residents, 20216,762council ward average 7,138
Households3,1412.15 residents per household
Density1,365/ km²about 4.95 km² · Halton 1,624
Aged 65+18.6%Halton: 18.6% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 413
5–96.1% · 412
10–158.2% · 552
16–194.2% · 287
20–245.1% · 344
25–3413.5% · 914
35–4919.4% · 1,310
50–6418.9% · 1,276
65–7411.3% · 765
75–845.4% · 366
85+1.8% · 125

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van34.1% · 1,072
1 car or van43.2% · 1,358
2 cars or vans18.9% · 593
3 or more3.8% · 118
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright21.9% · 687
With mortgage20.7% · 651
Shared ownership2.5% · 79
Social rented45.4% · 1,425
Private rented9.5% · 297
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house10.5% · 329
Semi-detached house32.6% · 1,025
Terraced house35.0% · 1,099
Purpose-built flat21.0% · 661
Converted house0.4% · 14
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
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.