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West Derby Muirhead ward, Liverpool

West Derby Muirhead is one of 64 electoral wards of Liverpool City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,136 residents in 1,673 households — 4,518 people per km², the 59th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Liverpool Walton and Liverpool West Derby constituencies.

Residents, 20214,136council ward average 7,716
Households1,6732.47 residents per household
Density4,518/ km²about 0.92 km² · Liverpool 4,346
Aged 65+22.6%Liverpool: 15.3% · under 16: 15.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 165
5–94.1% · 168
10–157.1% · 295
16–194.6% · 192
20–245.7% · 236
25–3410.5% · 434
35–4916.4% · 681
50–6425.0% · 1,036
65–7413.2% · 547
75–847.2% · 297
85+2.2% · 91

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.3% · 272
1 car or van43.3% · 724
2 cars or vans29.8% · 498
3 or more10.7% · 179
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.9% · 769
With mortgage36.8% · 617
Shared ownership0.5% · 9
Social rented6.9% · 115
Private rented10.0% · 167

Type of home

Detached house43.2% · 722
Semi-detached house39.8% · 666
Terraced house13.4% · 225
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 43
Converted house0.1% · 1
Above shop / office1.0% · 16
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.