Electoral wardE05016338
Litherland ward, Sefton
Litherland is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,665 residents in 5,215 households — 5,178 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202111,665council ward average 12,693
Households5,2152.24 residents per household
Density5,178/ km²about 2.25 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+16.2%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 708
5–96.2% · 720
10–157.4% · 863
16–193.7% · 434
20–245.4% · 632
25–3415.8% · 1,839
35–4918.9% · 2,204
50–6420.3% · 2,371
65–749.1% · 1,059
75–845.6% · 651
85+1.6% · 182
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van36.9% · 1,923
1 car or van42.0% · 2,191
2 cars or vans18.0% · 938
3 or more3.1% · 164
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright27.3% · 1,424
With mortgage29.3% · 1,529
Shared ownership1.4% · 73
Social rented21.7% · 1,135
Private rented20.3% · 1,059
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house6.2% · 325
Semi-detached house39.2% · 2,044
Terraced house41.5% · 2,168
Purpose-built flat11.3% · 588
Converted house0.7% · 38
Other conversion0.2% · 11
Above shop / office0.8% · 43
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016338- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.