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Chirton & Percy Main ward, North Tyneside

Chirton & Percy Main is one of 20 electoral wards of North Tyneside Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,346 residents in 5,668 households — 2,825 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Tynemouth constituency.

Residents, 202112,346council ward average 10,448
Households5,6682.18 residents per household
Density2,825/ km²about 4.37 km² · North Tyneside 2,538
Aged 65+14.9%North Tyneside: 20.5% · under 16: 22.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.7% · 828
5–97.0% · 860
10–158.7% · 1,079
16–194.4% · 540
20–245.7% · 700
25–3415.1% · 1,858
35–4918.0% · 2,218
50–6419.7% · 2,427
65–748.5% · 1,043
75–844.6% · 569
85+1.8% · 221

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van43.4% · 2,463
1 car or van40.9% · 2,320
2 cars or vans12.7% · 722
3 or more2.9% · 165
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; North Tyneside overall: 63.7% owned, 20.5% social rented, 15.2% private rented.

Owned outright19.0% · 1,080
With mortgage18.9% · 1,075
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented40.5% · 2,297
Private rented21.2% · 1,205
Lives rent free0.1% · 7

Type of home

Detached house3.8% · 214
Semi-detached house41.9% · 2,377
Terraced house22.4% · 1,273
Purpose-built flat25.7% · 1,456
Converted house5.3% · 302
Other conversion0.3% · 16
Above shop / office0.6% · 35
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.