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West Dyke ward, Redcar and Cleveland

West Dyke is one of 24 electoral wards of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,950 residents in 2,725 households — 3,394 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Redcar constituency.

Residents, 20215,950council ward average 5,689
Households2,7252.18 residents per household
Density3,394/ km²about 1.75 km² · Redcar and Cleveland 557
Aged 65+25.1%Redcar and Cleveland: 23.2% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.3% · 256
5–94.6% · 271
10–155.9% · 349
16–194.0% · 235
20–245.2% · 310
25–3411.4% · 678
35–4915.6% · 929
50–6424.0% · 1,426
65–7413.4% · 798
75–848.4% · 501
85+3.3% · 195

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.4% · 556
1 car or van43.5% · 1,185
2 cars or vans26.8% · 729
3 or more9.3% · 254
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.8% · 1,274
With mortgage32.6% · 889
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented2.8% · 76
Private rented17.5% · 477
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house20.2% · 550
Semi-detached house56.0% · 1,526
Terraced house21.5% · 587
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 39
Converted house0.6% · 15
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
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.