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Silverdale ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Silverdale is one of 21 electoral wards of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,744 residents in 2,561 households — 1,569 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency; for county elections it is in the Silverdale & Knutton division.

Residents, 20215,744council ward average 5,871
Households2,5612.24 residents per household
Density1,569/ km²about 3.66 km² · Newcastle-under-Lyme 584
Aged 65+18.3%Newcastle-under-Lyme: 21.7% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 293
5–96.4% · 366
10–157.3% · 418
16–194.6% · 262
20–247.0% · 403
25–3413.8% · 795
35–4918.1% · 1,037
50–6419.5% · 1,119
65–7410.3% · 589
75–845.7% · 325
85+2.4% · 136

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van24.2% · 620
1 car or van43.2% · 1,107
2 cars or vans25.9% · 663
3 or more6.7% · 171
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright31.1% · 797
With mortgage28.2% · 721
Shared ownership1.3% · 33
Social rented21.5% · 550
Private rented17.8% · 456
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house18.8% · 481
Semi-detached house45.6% · 1,167
Terraced house25.5% · 654
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 220
Converted house0.8% · 21
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
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.