Electoral wardE05014526
Droylsden East ward, Tameside
Droylsden East is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,065 residents in 5,222 households — 4,027 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.
Residents, 202112,065council ward average 12,162
Households5,2222.31 residents per household
Density4,027/ km²about 3.00 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+17.0%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.3% · 640
5–96.3% · 757
10–157.4% · 895
16–194.1% · 496
20–245.0% · 600
25–3414.6% · 1,768
35–4918.9% · 2,279
50–6421.4% · 2,578
65–749.7% · 1,170
75–845.5% · 668
85+1.8% · 219
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.9% · 1,459
1 car or van43.5% · 2,275
2 cars or vans22.5% · 1,178
3 or more6.0% · 313
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tameside overall: 60.8% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.6% private rented.
Owned outright30.7% · 1,607
With mortgage30.6% · 1,598
Shared ownership0.5% · 27
Social rented17.0% · 886
Private rented21.1% · 1,102
Lives rent free0.1% · 7
Type of home
Detached house11.7% · 613
Semi-detached house38.1% · 1,989
Terraced house31.5% · 1,645
Purpose-built flat16.2% · 848
Converted house1.0% · 54
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office1.0% · 51
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014526- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 19
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshton Hurst19.9% aged 65+ · 62.8% owned12,007AAshton 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 West17.1% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned11,849DDukinfield15.5% aged 65+ · 53.3% owned12,363DDukinfield Stalybridge22.3% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned12,040SSt 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.