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Cheadle West & Gatley ward, Stockport

Cheadle West & Gatley is one of 21 electoral wards of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,687 residents in 5,778 households — 3,084 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Cheadle constituency.

Residents, 202114,687council ward average 14,037
Households5,7782.54 residents per household
Density3,084/ km²about 4.76 km² · Stockport 2,338
Aged 65+21.7%Stockport: 20.1% · under 16: 19.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 836
5–96.3% · 930
10–157.8% · 1,150
16–194.3% · 626
20–244.0% · 592
25–3410.1% · 1,485
35–4920.6% · 3,023
50–6419.5% · 2,859
65–7410.8% · 1,580
75–847.3% · 1,079
85+3.6% · 530

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van15.2% · 875
1 car or van38.5% · 2,226
2 cars or vans35.4% · 2,046
3 or more10.9% · 628
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Stockport overall: 71.1% owned, 13.3% social rented, 14.4% private rented.

Owned outright41.7% · 2,408
With mortgage38.0% · 2,193
Shared ownership0.4% · 25
Social rented9.1% · 524
Private rented10.8% · 621
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house37.7% · 2,175
Semi-detached house39.4% · 2,274
Terraced house6.4% · 372
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 799
Converted house0.8% · 47
Other conversion0.7% · 42
Above shop / office1.1% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.