Electoral wardE05010883
West Ecclesfield ward, Sheffield
West Ecclesfield is one of 28 electoral wards of Sheffield City Council (Yorkshire and The Humber). At the 2021 Census it had 17,323 residents in 7,675 households — 1,381 people per km², the 24th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency.
Residents, 202117,323council ward average 19,928
Households7,6752.26 residents per household
Density1,381/ km²about 12.54 km² · Sheffield 1,338
Aged 65+25.5%Sheffield: 17.1% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 785
5–95.2% · 893
10–156.7% · 1,158
16–193.7% · 633
20–244.7% · 814
25–3410.5% · 1,824
35–4917.3% · 2,991
50–6421.9% · 3,797
65–7413.5% · 2,342
75–849.0% · 1,551
85+3.1% · 532
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.9% · 1,447
1 car or van42.1% · 3,233
2 cars or vans29.3% · 2,251
3 or more9.7% · 745
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Sheffield overall: 58.3% owned, 22.5% social rented, 18.7% private rented.
Owned outright42.8% · 3,288
With mortgage32.1% · 2,466
Shared ownership0.1% · 10
Social rented15.7% · 1,205
Private rented9.2% · 705
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house27.5% · 2,112
Semi-detached house47.1% · 3,616
Terraced house16.7% · 1,282
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 583
Converted house0.5% · 36
Other conversion0.2% · 15
Above shop / office0.3% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010883- Council
- Sheffield City Council
- Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Density rank in council
- 24 of 28
Parishes in the ward
Ecclesfield
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.