Electoral wardE05016335
Formby West ward, Sefton
Formby West is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,384 residents in 5,244 households — 1,096 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,384council ward average 12,693
Households5,2442.36 residents per household
Density1,096/ km²about 11.30 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+33.6%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 409
5–94.6% · 565
10–157.0% · 870
16–194.1% · 503
20–244.1% · 507
25–346.6% · 818
35–4915.0% · 1,852
50–6421.8% · 2,692
65–7415.3% · 1,890
75–8413.1% · 1,620
85+5.3% · 650
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.1% · 636
1 car or van39.9% · 2,094
2 cars or vans36.6% · 1,923
3 or more11.3% · 595
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright59.1% · 3,097
With mortgage29.9% · 1,567
Shared ownership0.4% · 20
Social rented2.8% · 147
Private rented7.9% · 412
Type of home
Detached house58.8% · 3,081
Semi-detached house29.4% · 1,540
Terraced house1.4% · 74
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 452
Converted house0.8% · 42
Other conversion0.4% · 20
Above shop / office0.6% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016335- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Formby
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.