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Stainton & Thornton ward, Middlesbrough

Stainton & Thornton is one of 20 electoral wards of Middlesbrough Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,668 residents in 1,584 households — 755 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

Residents, 20213,668council ward average 7,196
Households1,5842.32 residents per household
Density755/ km²about 4.86 km² · Middlesbrough 2,672
Aged 65+20.2%Middlesbrough: 16.8% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 203
5–94.6% · 169
10–155.8% · 213
16–192.7% · 100
20–244.8% · 176
25–3420.0% · 735
35–4916.9% · 619
50–6419.4% · 713
65–7411.2% · 412
75–846.2% · 226
85+2.8% · 102

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.4% · 102
1 car or van40.4% · 640
2 cars or vans42.6% · 675
3 or more10.5% · 167
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Middlesbrough overall: 55.0% owned, 23.2% social rented, 21.0% private rented.

Owned outright34.0% · 540
With mortgage51.9% · 823
Shared ownership0.7% · 11
Social rented5.1% · 81
Private rented8.3% · 131

Type of home

Detached house56.7% · 898
Semi-detached house33.1% · 524
Terraced house8.0% · 126
Purpose-built flat1.8% · 28
Converted house0.3% · 5
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
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.