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Wheatlands ward, Redcar and Cleveland

Wheatlands is one of 24 electoral wards of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (North East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,440 residents in 2,079 households — 4,976 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Redcar constituency.

Residents, 20215,440council ward average 5,689
Households2,0792.62 residents per household
Density4,976/ km²about 1.09 km² · Redcar and Cleveland 557
Aged 65+11.1%Redcar and Cleveland: 23.2% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 318
5–96.6% · 358
10–158.9% · 485
16–195.2% · 282
20–245.5% · 298
25–3413.7% · 746
35–4921.8% · 1,184
50–6421.4% · 1,166
65–746.8% · 370
75–843.4% · 184
85+0.9% · 51

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van5.2% · 108
1 car or van36.0% · 749
2 cars or vans41.8% · 869
3 or more17.0% · 353
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright30.8% · 641
With mortgage54.0% · 1,123
Shared ownership3.3% · 68
Social rented3.5% · 72
Private rented8.4% · 174

Type of home

Detached house67.3% · 1,399
Semi-detached house25.5% · 530
Terraced house4.4% · 92
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 51
Converted house0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
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.