Electoral wardE05016333
Ford ward, Sefton
Ford is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,322 residents in 6,310 households — 4,183 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202114,322council ward average 12,693
Households6,3102.27 residents per household
Density4,183/ km²about 3.42 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+18.1%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 777
5–96.8% · 970
10–156.7% · 966
16–194.2% · 605
20–245.7% · 818
25–3413.2% · 1,897
35–4918.4% · 2,632
50–6421.5% · 3,075
65–7410.2% · 1,467
75–845.8% · 826
85+2.0% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.0% · 2,209
1 car or van41.6% · 2,626
2 cars or vans19.0% · 1,198
3 or more4.5% · 281
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright26.5% · 1,671
With mortgage26.6% · 1,676
Shared ownership0.6% · 41
Social rented32.7% · 2,062
Private rented13.5% · 854
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house4.9% · 311
Semi-detached house40.9% · 2,581
Terraced house35.8% · 2,261
Purpose-built flat16.8% · 1,063
Converted house1.0% · 63
Other conversion0.1% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016333- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 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 10 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.