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Electoral wardE05013046

Rural West ward, Hartlepool

Rural West is one of 12 electoral wards of Hartlepool Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,348 residents in 2,986 households — 227 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hartlepool constituency.

Residents, 20217,348council ward average 7,695
Households2,9862.46 residents per household
Density227/ km²about 32.36 km² · Hartlepool 985
Aged 65+24.2%Hartlepool: 19.7% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 339
5–95.0% · 365
10–156.9% · 509
16–193.9% · 288
20–244.0% · 296
25–349.4% · 688
35–4917.9% · 1,316
50–6424.1% · 1,773
65–7413.2% · 968
75–848.0% · 589
85+3.0% · 218

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.9% · 206
1 car or van34.5% · 1,030
2 cars or vans41.5% · 1,240
3 or more17.1% · 510
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Hartlepool overall: 58.2% owned, 23.4% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright49.7% · 1,484
With mortgage39.4% · 1,177
Shared ownership0.5% · 15
Social rented2.4% · 73
Private rented7.9% · 237

Type of home

Detached house77.6% · 2,320
Semi-detached house15.4% · 459
Terraced house3.5% · 105
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 72
Converted house0.5% · 16
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05013046
Constituency
Hartlepool
Region
North East
Density rank in council
12 of 12

Parishes in the ward

Dalton PiercyElwickWynyard

Other wards in the same constituency

BBurn Valley19.6% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned7,631DDe Bruce17.9% aged 65+ · 46.7% owned8,055FFens & Greatham30.9% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned6,380FFoggy Furze21.4% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned8,155HHart17.0% aged 65+ · 76.4% owned7,644HHeadland & Harbour18.7% aged 65+ · 40.3% owned8,134MManor House15.0% aged 65+ · 38.7% owned8,542RRossmere17.4% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned7,515SSeaton24.8% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned7,194TThroston17.0% aged 65+ · 55.1% owned8,253VVictoria16.1% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned7,488

All 12 wards of Hartlepool

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.