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Broughton ward, Salford

Broughton is one of 20 electoral wards of Salford City Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,958 residents in 6,227 households — 6,724 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Salford constituency.

Residents, 202116,958council ward average 13,496
Households6,2272.72 residents per household
Density6,724/ km²about 2.52 km² · Salford 2,776
Aged 65+8.2%Salford: 13.3% · under 16: 29.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–410.0% · 1,692
5–910.1% · 1,719
10–159.7% · 1,640
16–194.8% · 820
20–248.6% · 1,453
25–3417.8% · 3,011
35–4919.6% · 3,317
50–6411.3% · 1,922
65–744.8% · 814
75–842.5% · 427
85+0.8% · 143

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van48.4% · 3,010
1 car or van40.8% · 2,537
2 cars or vans9.0% · 558
3 or more1.9% · 120
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Salford overall: 47.0% owned, 25.4% social rented, 26.8% private rented.

Owned outright9.3% · 576
With mortgage11.7% · 731
Shared ownership0.7% · 42
Social rented46.5% · 2,894
Private rented31.4% · 1,953
Lives rent free0.5% · 31

Type of home

Detached house6.3% · 395
Semi-detached house21.0% · 1,310
Terraced house35.2% · 2,190
Purpose-built flat30.8% · 1,920
Converted house5.0% · 314
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.8% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 37
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.