Electoral wardE05014525
Denton West ward, Tameside
Denton West is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,747 residents in 5,595 households — 2,362 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Gorton and Denton constituency.
Residents, 202112,747council ward average 12,162
Households5,5952.28 residents per household
Density2,362/ km²about 5.40 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+20.9%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 601
5–95.6% · 714
10–157.1% · 899
16–194.1% · 529
20–244.6% · 590
25–3412.2% · 1,552
35–4919.0% · 2,417
50–6421.9% · 2,788
65–7410.6% · 1,349
75–847.6% · 964
85+2.7% · 345
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.4% · 1,085
1 car or van45.5% · 2,544
2 cars or vans27.8% · 1,558
3 or more7.3% · 409
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tameside overall: 60.8% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.6% private rented.
Owned outright41.0% · 2,295
With mortgage35.8% · 2,002
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented8.5% · 474
Private rented14.6% · 815
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house4.6% · 258
Semi-detached house64.5% · 3,614
Terraced house21.1% · 1,180
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 456
Converted house0.8% · 42
Other conversion0.3% · 19
Above shop / office0.5% · 29
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014525- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 13 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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.