Electoral wardE05011434
Westlands ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Westlands is one of 21 electoral wards of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 8,368 residents in 3,526 households — 2,840 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency; for county elections it is in the Newcastle South and Westlands, Thistleberry & Keele divisions.
Residents, 20218,368council ward average 5,871
Households3,5262.37 residents per household
Density2,840/ km²about 2.95 km² · Newcastle-under-Lyme 584
Aged 65+23.4%Newcastle-under-Lyme: 21.7% · under 16: 16.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 367
5–95.5% · 460
10–157.0% · 590
16–195.4% · 453
20–246.9% · 580
25–349.2% · 769
35–4917.3% · 1,445
50–6420.9% · 1,748
65–7411.6% · 970
75–848.2% · 688
85+3.6% · 299
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.8% · 594
1 car or van38.1% · 1,344
2 cars or vans33.2% · 1,172
3 or more11.8% · 416
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Newcastle-under-Lyme overall: 67.7% owned, 17.1% social rented, 14.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.9% · 1,583
With mortgage30.5% · 1,074
Shared ownership0.3% · 12
Social rented14.0% · 495
Private rented10.2% · 361
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house31.1% · 1,097
Semi-detached house45.1% · 1,591
Terraced house12.2% · 430
Purpose-built flat10.6% · 375
Converted house0.5% · 19
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011434- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Newcastle South, Westlands, Thistleberry & Keele
- Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 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% owned5,454MMay Bank22.8% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned8,585SSilverdale18.3% 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% owned4,901
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.