Electoral wardE05011427
May Bank ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme
May Bank is one of 21 electoral wards of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,585 residents in 3,970 households — 4,507 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency; for county elections it is in the May Bank & Wolstanton division.
Residents, 20218,585council ward average 5,871
Households3,9702.16 residents per household
Density4,507/ km²about 1.90 km² · Newcastle-under-Lyme 584
Aged 65+22.8%Newcastle-under-Lyme: 21.7% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 378
5–95.2% · 443
10–155.6% · 478
16–194.0% · 347
20–245.3% · 458
25–3411.5% · 986
35–4918.9% · 1,622
50–6422.3% · 1,914
65–7411.6% · 996
75–847.4% · 639
85+3.8% · 323
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.8% · 824
1 car or van41.3% · 1,639
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,131
3 or more9.5% · 376
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle-under-Lyme overall: 67.7% owned, 17.1% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright39.6% · 1,570
With mortgage31.1% · 1,234
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented13.9% · 552
Private rented15.1% · 601
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 384
Semi-detached house52.4% · 2,080
Terraced house23.1% · 916
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 498
Converted house1.8% · 70
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.3% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011427- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- May Bank & Wolstanton
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
AAudley24.1% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned8,326BBradwell22.3% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned8,269CClayton24.6% aged 65+ · 68.7% owned2,853CCrackley & Red Street14.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned5,964CCross Heath16.3% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned5,491HHolditch & Chesterton16.6% aged 65+ · 50.7% owned5,736KKeele6.6% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned2,886KKnutton15.4% aged 65+ · 45.3% owned2,925MMadeley & Betley27.9% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned5,454SSilverdale18.3% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned5,744TThistleberry22.6% aged 65+ · 60.3% owned5,647TTown17.0% aged 65+ · 34.8% owned5,606WWestbury Park & Northwood26.7% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned4,901WWestlands23.4% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned8,368
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.