Electoral wardE05014519
Ashton Hurst ward, Tameside
Ashton Hurst is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,007 residents in 4,894 households — 1,683 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge and Hyde constituencies.
Residents, 202112,007council ward average 12,162
Households4,8942.45 residents per household
Density1,683/ km²about 7.13 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+19.9%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 659
5–96.7% · 804
10–158.1% · 974
16–194.4% · 531
20–244.9% · 583
25–3412.0% · 1,446
35–4918.4% · 2,208
50–6420.1% · 2,415
65–7411.0% · 1,317
75–847.1% · 856
85+1.8% · 213
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 1,237
1 car or van42.2% · 2,067
2 cars or vans24.3% · 1,190
3 or more8.2% · 401
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tameside overall: 60.8% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.6% private rented.
Owned outright36.6% · 1,790
With mortgage26.2% · 1,281
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented23.9% · 1,169
Private rented13.1% · 640
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house22.0% · 1,075
Semi-detached house54.3% · 2,655
Terraced house15.3% · 748
Purpose-built flat7.7% · 377
Converted house0.4% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.2% · 11
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014519- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Hyde
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 19
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshton St Michael's13.6% aged 65+ · 55.0% owned12,684AAshton Waterloo19.0% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned11,371AAudenshaw17.5% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned12,741DDenton North East19.6% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned10,478DDroylsden East17.0% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned12,065DDroylsden West17.1% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned11,849DDukinfield15.5% aged 65+ · 53.3% owned12,363DDukinfield Stalybridge22.3% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned12,040HHyde Godley17.2% aged 65+ · 60.4% owned12,604HHyde Newton12.9% aged 65+ · 58.0% owned11,437HHyde Werneth19.4% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned12,402LLongdendale17.2% aged 65+ · 57.1% owned13,775MMossley16.7% aged 65+ · 65.8% owned11,563SSt Peter's12.2% aged 65+ · 33.4% owned14,589
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.