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Madeley & Betley ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Madeley & Betley is one of 21 electoral wards of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,454 residents in 2,460 households — 168 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency; for county elections it is in the Newcastle Rural division.

Residents, 20215,454council ward average 5,871
Households2,4602.22 residents per household
Density168/ km²about 32.37 km² · Newcastle-under-Lyme 584
Aged 65+27.9%Newcastle-under-Lyme: 21.7% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 227
5–94.7% · 259
10–156.0% · 329
16–194.2% · 230
20–244.4% · 239
25–349.1% · 495
35–4916.4% · 896
50–6423.1% · 1,262
65–7414.4% · 787
75–849.7% · 527
85+3.8% · 207

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.4% · 330
1 car or van38.1% · 938
2 cars or vans34.3% · 843
3 or more14.2% · 349
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.7% · 1,124
With mortgage28.8% · 708
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented11.6% · 285
Private rented13.1% · 321
Lives rent free0.2% · 4

Type of home

Detached house39.8% · 978
Semi-detached house36.3% · 892
Terraced house14.8% · 364
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 187
Converted house0.8% · 19
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 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.