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Kingsway ward, Rochdale

Kingsway is one of 20 electoral wards of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,858 residents in 4,118 households — 2,766 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rochdale constituency.

Residents, 202111,858council ward average 11,189
Households4,1182.88 residents per household
Density2,766/ km²about 4.29 km² · Rochdale 1,415
Aged 65+10.7%Rochdale: 16.5% · under 16: 26.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.7% · 911
5–98.4% · 992
10–1510.4% · 1,233
16–195.8% · 683
20–246.8% · 801
25–3414.5% · 1,716
35–4920.6% · 2,448
50–6415.2% · 1,806
65–746.2% · 741
75–843.1% · 371
85+1.3% · 156

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.9% · 1,190
1 car or van42.3% · 1,742
2 cars or vans21.9% · 900
3 or more6.9% · 286
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rochdale overall: 60.3% owned, 20.8% social rented, 18.3% private rented.

Owned outright23.9% · 984
With mortgage29.5% · 1,215
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented26.3% · 1,084
Private rented19.8% · 817
Lives rent free0.2% · 7

Type of home

Detached house11.9% · 491
Semi-detached house42.7% · 1,757
Terraced house34.3% · 1,414
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 369
Converted house1.6% · 65
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
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.