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Kirkleatham ward, Redcar and Cleveland

Kirkleatham is one of 24 electoral wards of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,565 residents in 3,445 households — 1,406 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Redcar constituency.

Residents, 20217,565council ward average 5,689
Households3,4452.2 residents per household
Density1,406/ km²about 5.38 km² · Redcar and Cleveland 557
Aged 65+23.4%Redcar and Cleveland: 23.2% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 417
5–96.4% · 482
10–158.1% · 611
16–194.5% · 340
20–244.5% · 343
25–3411.5% · 872
35–4917.1% · 1,290
50–6419.0% · 1,441
65–7412.4% · 936
75–848.5% · 641
85+2.5% · 192

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van33.8% · 1,165
1 car or van41.1% · 1,415
2 cars or vans19.8% · 682
3 or more5.3% · 184
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Redcar and Cleveland overall: 64.7% owned, 18.9% social rented, 15.8% private rented.

Owned outright25.5% · 878
With mortgage22.8% · 784
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented40.5% · 1,396
Private rented10.6% · 364
Lives rent free0.3% · 9

Type of home

Detached house22.4% · 773
Semi-detached house34.8% · 1,199
Terraced house32.9% · 1,133
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 306
Converted house0.4% · 14
Other conversion0.4% · 15
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.