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Crackley & Red Street ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Crackley & Red Street is one of 21 electoral wards of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,964 residents in 2,373 households — 2,562 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency; for county elections it is in the Talke & Red Street division.

Residents, 20215,964council ward average 5,871
Households2,3732.51 residents per household
Density2,562/ km²about 2.33 km² · Newcastle-under-Lyme 584
Aged 65+14.4%Newcastle-under-Lyme: 21.7% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.9% · 354
5–96.3% · 374
10–158.1% · 486
16–194.7% · 281
20–245.8% · 343
25–3412.5% · 745
35–4919.9% · 1,188
50–6422.4% · 1,335
65–748.8% · 525
75–844.0% · 239
85+1.6% · 95

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.0% · 380
1 car or van40.3% · 957
2 cars or vans31.0% · 735
3 or more12.7% · 301
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Newcastle-under-Lyme overall: 67.7% owned, 17.1% social rented, 14.5% private rented.

Owned outright32.8% · 779
With mortgage35.7% · 847
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented16.3% · 386
Private rented14.9% · 355
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house43.6% · 1,034
Semi-detached house40.0% · 949
Terraced house10.7% · 254
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 120
Converted house0.5% · 13
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
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.