Electoral wardE05016345
Thornton & Hightown ward, Sefton
Thornton & Hightown is one of 22 electoral wards of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,824 residents in 5,543 households — 724 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 202112,824council ward average 12,693
Households5,5432.31 residents per household
Density724/ km²about 17.72 km² · Sefton 1,783
Aged 65+24.9%Sefton: 23.2% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 583
5–95.1% · 659
10–156.3% · 810
16–193.6% · 467
20–244.3% · 546
25–3410.4% · 1,328
35–4916.8% · 2,149
50–6424.0% · 3,083
65–7413.5% · 1,732
75–848.4% · 1,073
85+3.1% · 393
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.9% · 1,102
1 car or van41.5% · 2,299
2 cars or vans29.8% · 1,654
3 or more8.8% · 490
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sefton overall: 66.6% owned, 14.4% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.0% · 2,325
With mortgage32.2% · 1,783
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented17.2% · 952
Private rented8.3% · 458
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house23.3% · 1,292
Semi-detached house54.3% · 3,010
Terraced house14.1% · 782
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 422
Converted house0.4% · 20
Above shop / office0.2% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016345- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 22
Parishes in the ward
HightownSeftonThornton
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.