Electoral wardE05016327
Birkdale ward, Sefton
Birkdale is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,418 residents in 5,732 households — 3,916 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202113,418council ward average 12,693
Households5,7322.34 residents per household
Density3,916/ km²about 3.43 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+20.6%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 610
5–95.7% · 770
10–157.7% · 1,035
16–194.4% · 590
20–244.7% · 627
25–3410.7% · 1,433
35–4918.3% · 2,459
50–6423.2% · 3,118
65–7411.9% · 1,593
75–846.3% · 851
85+2.4% · 325
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.9% · 1,026
1 car or van43.6% · 2,502
2 cars or vans28.8% · 1,653
3 or more9.6% · 551
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 2,343
With mortgage34.7% · 1,990
Shared ownership0.2% · 14
Social rented5.8% · 332
Private rented18.5% · 1,059
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house15.2% · 871
Semi-detached house66.9% · 3,828
Terraced house6.9% · 396
Purpose-built flat5.8% · 330
Converted house3.3% · 191
Other conversion0.3% · 18
Above shop / office1.5% · 87
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016327- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.