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Smithdown ward, Liverpool

Smithdown is one of 64 electoral wards of Liverpool City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,106 residents in 5,087 households — 11,943 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Liverpool Wavertree constituency.

Residents, 202114,106council ward average 7,716
Households5,0872.77 residents per household
Density11,943/ km²about 1.18 km² · Liverpool 4,346
Aged 65+7.3%Liverpool: 15.3% · under 16: 11.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.9% · 554
5–93.7% · 520
10–154.0% · 565
16–197.9% · 1,114
20–2437.9% · 5,349
25–3413.1% · 1,843
35–4912.6% · 1,773
50–649.7% · 1,365
65–744.2% · 599
75–842.1% · 293
85+0.9% · 132

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van46.8% · 2,381
1 car or van35.5% · 1,805
2 cars or vans12.1% · 615
3 or more5.6% · 287
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Liverpool overall: 46.8% owned, 26.4% social rented, 26.1% private rented.

Owned outright15.8% · 802
With mortgage13.9% · 709
Shared ownership0.5% · 26
Social rented19.3% · 981
Private rented50.4% · 2,567
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house3.5% · 177
Semi-detached house9.7% · 491
Terraced house71.1% · 3,615
Purpose-built flat8.4% · 426
Converted house5.1% · 261
Other conversion0.6% · 31
Above shop / office1.6% · 80
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.