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Audenshaw ward, Tameside

Audenshaw is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,741 residents in 5,366 households — 3,055 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashton-under-Lyne and Gorton and Denton constituencies.

Residents, 202112,741council ward average 12,162
Households5,3662.37 residents per household
Density3,055/ km²about 4.17 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+17.5%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 19.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.8% · 738
5–95.9% · 746
10–157.6% · 967
16–194.2% · 533
20–245.0% · 636
25–3413.8% · 1,761
35–4919.5% · 2,486
50–6420.7% · 2,640
65–749.7% · 1,231
75–845.6% · 713
85+2.2% · 286

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.5% · 1,048
1 car or van44.8% · 2,403
2 cars or vans28.5% · 1,529
3 or more7.2% · 388
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Tameside overall: 60.8% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.6% private rented.

Owned outright35.3% · 1,893
With mortgage37.0% · 1,985
Shared ownership0.3% · 15
Social rented13.5% · 723
Private rented14.0% · 750
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house12.8% · 685
Semi-detached house50.2% · 2,694
Terraced house25.5% · 1,367
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 559
Converted house0.8% · 43
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.3% · 17
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.