Electoral wardE05014524
Denton South ward, Tameside
Denton South is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,452 residents in 4,885 households — 3,735 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gorton and Denton constituency.
Residents, 202110,452council ward average 12,162
Households4,8852.14 residents per household
Density3,735/ km²about 2.80 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+22.0%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 18.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 554
5–95.8% · 610
10–157.1% · 746
16–193.8% · 400
20–244.8% · 504
25–3412.2% · 1,276
35–4917.5% · 1,834
50–6421.3% · 2,231
65–7411.5% · 1,198
75–847.9% · 825
85+2.6% · 275
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.8% · 1,408
1 car or van44.6% · 2,177
2 cars or vans21.0% · 1,028
3 or more5.6% · 272
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tameside overall: 60.8% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.6% private rented.
Owned outright29.3% · 1,429
With mortgage24.6% · 1,204
Shared ownership0.7% · 35
Social rented35.1% · 1,717
Private rented10.1% · 494
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house8.6% · 422
Semi-detached house44.5% · 2,171
Terraced house31.3% · 1,527
Purpose-built flat14.7% · 718
Converted house0.5% · 24
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014524- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 19
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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.