Electoral wardE05016341
Meols ward, Sefton
Meols is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,061 residents in 5,292 households — 1,559 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,061council ward average 12,693
Households5,2922.28 residents per household
Density1,559/ km²about 7.74 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+29.4%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 496
5–95.0% · 601
10–156.2% · 745
16–194.0% · 479
20–243.8% · 456
25–349.0% · 1,092
35–4915.8% · 1,907
50–6422.7% · 2,743
65–7414.7% · 1,775
75–8410.5% · 1,266
85+4.3% · 515
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.9% · 735
1 car or van44.2% · 2,337
2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,690
3 or more10.0% · 527
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright50.7% · 2,683
With mortgage33.8% · 1,789
Shared ownership0.2% · 13
Social rented3.3% · 172
Private rented11.9% · 631
Type of home
Detached house19.0% · 1,003
Semi-detached house68.9% · 3,645
Terraced house6.7% · 355
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 190
Converted house1.0% · 52
Other conversion0.2% · 13
Above shop / office0.6% · 30
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016341- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 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.