Electoral wardE05007052
Checkley ward, Staffordshire Moorlands
Checkley is one of 27 electoral wards of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,546 residents in 2,389 households — 147 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency; for county elections it is in the Cheadle & Checkley division.
Residents, 20215,546council ward average 3,550
Households2,3892.32 residents per household
Density147/ km²about 37.73 km² · Staffordshire Moorlands 166
Aged 65+25.2%Staffordshire Moorlands: 26.2% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 219
5–94.9% · 273
10–157.1% · 391
16–193.7% · 203
20–244.0% · 224
25–3410.4% · 574
35–4917.2% · 955
50–6423.6% · 1,311
65–7414.3% · 795
75–848.3% · 463
85+2.5% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.0% · 192
1 car or van37.2% · 889
2 cars or vans37.3% · 891
3 or more17.5% · 418
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Staffordshire Moorlands overall: 78.2% owned, 8.6% social rented, 12.7% private rented.
Owned outright50.0% · 1,195
With mortgage33.4% · 800
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented5.4% · 128
Private rented10.8% · 259
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house43.6% · 1,041
Semi-detached house38.9% · 930
Terraced house12.5% · 299
Purpose-built flat1.5% · 35
Converted house0.5% · 11
Other conversion2.3% · 54
Above shop / office0.5% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007052- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Cheadle & Checkley
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent South
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 27
Parishes in the ward
CheckleyDraycott in the Moors
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.