Electoral wardE05010938
Northwood ward, Knowsley
Northwood is one of 15 electoral wards of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,868 residents in 5,042 households — 1,121 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Knowsley constituency.
Residents, 202111,868council ward average 10,301
Households5,0422.35 residents per household
Density1,121/ km²about 10.59 km² · Knowsley 1,786
Aged 65+13.0%Knowsley: 17.0% · under 16: 23.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.3% · 866
5–97.7% · 915
10–158.4% · 1,002
16–195.0% · 596
20–246.1% · 728
25–3414.3% · 1,699
35–4918.8% · 2,226
50–6419.3% · 2,293
65–748.5% · 1,011
75–842.9% · 347
85+1.6% · 187
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van46.9% · 2,366
1 car or van36.1% · 1,818
2 cars or vans14.3% · 719
3 or more2.8% · 139
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Knowsley overall: 59.4% owned, 25.3% social rented, 14.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.5% · 935
With mortgage20.9% · 1,053
Shared ownership0.4% · 21
Social rented40.7% · 2,051
Private rented19.2% · 969
Lives rent free0.3% · 14
Type of home
Detached house9.4% · 473
Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,829
Terraced house39.3% · 1,984
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 723
Converted house0.1% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.5% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010938- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 15
Other wards in the same constituency
CCherryfield16.0% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned10,773PPrescot North18.0% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned10,586RRoby23.3% aged 65+ · 86.2% owned9,584SShevington12.5% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned11,430SSt Gabriels18.0% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned9,519SSt Michaels17.3% aged 65+ · 51.5% owned9,366SStockbridge14.0% aged 65+ · 39.3% owned10,716WWhitefield20.0% aged 65+ · 56.2% owned9,759
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.