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Padfield ward, High Peak

Padfield is one of 28 electoral wards of High Peak Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 2,222 residents in 999 households — 1,302 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the High Peak constituency; for county elections it is in the Etherow and Glossop North divisions.

Residents, 20212,222council ward average 3,248
Households9992.22 residents per household
Density1,302/ km²about 1.71 km² · High Peak 169
Aged 65+15.8%High Peak: 21.8% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 122
5–95.2% · 115
10–156.4% · 142
16–194.1% · 91
20–244.1% · 92
25–3413.1% · 291
35–4920.4% · 453
50–6425.5% · 566
65–7410.5% · 233
75–844.3% · 95
85+1.0% · 23

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.1% · 151
1 car or van44.9% · 449
2 cars or vans32.0% · 320
3 or more8.1% · 81
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; High Peak overall: 71.0% owned, 12.2% social rented, 16.1% private rented.

Owned outright34.9% · 349
With mortgage34.0% · 340
Shared ownership0.8% · 8
Social rented10.9% · 109
Private rented19.5% · 195

Type of home

Detached house16.4% · 164
Semi-detached house30.6% · 307
Terraced house46.3% · 464
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 38
Converted house1.2% · 12
Other conversion0.9% · 9
Above shop / office0.7% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 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.