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Electoral wardE05007062
Leek South ward, Staffordshire Moorlands
Leek South is one of 27 electoral wards of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, in Staffordshire (West Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,735 residents in 2,650 households — 1,045 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Staffordshire Moorlands constituency; for county elections it is in the Biddulph South & Endon and Leek South divisions.
Residents, 20215,735council ward average 3,550
Households2,6502.16 residents per household
Density1,045/ km²about 5.49 km² · Staffordshire Moorlands 166
Aged 65+21.6%Staffordshire Moorlands: 26.2% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 266
5–95.9% · 341
10–157.1% · 408
16–194.4% · 252
20–244.7% · 272
25–3412.0% · 691
35–4919.1% · 1,097
50–6420.4% · 1,171
65–7411.8% · 676
75–846.8% · 390
85+3.0% · 171
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.9% · 502
1 car or van44.0% · 1,167
2 cars or vans27.5% · 728
3 or more9.5% · 253
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Staffordshire Moorlands overall: 78.2% owned, 8.6% social rented, 12.7% private rented.
Owned outright37.3% · 989
With mortgage30.6% · 812
Shared ownership0.6% · 16
Social rented13.4% · 354
Private rented18.0% · 476
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house19.4% · 515
Semi-detached house32.1% · 852
Terraced house35.6% · 945
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 195
Converted house1.2% · 33
Other conversion2.5% · 67
Above shop / office1.5% · 40
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05007062- County council
- Staffordshire County Council
- County division
- Biddulph South & Endon, Leek South
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Region
- West Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Leek
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlton29.3% aged 65+ · 82.9% owned1,356BBagnall and Stanley30.4% aged 65+ · 90.3% owned1,626BBiddulph East14.9% aged 65+ · 57.8% owned6,060BBiddulph Moor32.6% aged 65+ · 89.2% owned1,563BBiddulph North31.9% aged 65+ · 89.2% owned5,386BBiddulph South35.9% aged 65+ · 90.4% owned1,590BBiddulph West28.1% aged 65+ · 78.5% owned5,029BBrown Edge and Endon30.0% aged 65+ · 87.6% owned4,725CCaverswall27.3% aged 65+ · 83.8% owned1,776CCellarhead29.0% aged 65+ · 87.7% owned3,201CCheadle North East24.6% aged 65+ · 72.4% owned3,398CCheadle South East27.5% aged 65+ · 74.8% owned3,550CCheadle West24.5% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,076CCheddleton26.3% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned5,319
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.