Electoral wardE05016325
Ainsdale ward, Sefton
Ainsdale is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,601 residents in 5,514 households — 1,496 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,601council ward average 12,693
Households5,5142.29 residents per household
Density1,496/ km²about 8.42 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+29.8%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 15.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 461
5–94.8% · 607
10–157.1% · 890
16–194.2% · 529
20–244.2% · 524
25–348.7% · 1,100
35–4914.9% · 1,876
50–6422.7% · 2,857
65–7414.8% · 1,861
75–8411.0% · 1,384
85+4.0% · 510
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.2% · 951
1 car or van43.3% · 2,389
2 cars or vans30.4% · 1,677
3 or more9.1% · 503
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright49.6% · 2,735
With mortgage28.7% · 1,583
Shared ownership0.9% · 51
Social rented10.7% · 589
Private rented10.1% · 556
Type of home
Detached house36.8% · 2,032
Semi-detached house46.9% · 2,588
Terraced house5.1% · 283
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 480
Converted house0.8% · 46
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.9% · 48
Caravan, mobile0.6% · 31
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016325- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 22
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.