Electoral wardE05014527
Droylsden West ward, Tameside
Droylsden West is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,849 residents in 4,936 households — 5,131 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.
Residents, 202111,849council ward average 12,162
Households4,9362.4 residents per household
Density5,131/ km²about 2.31 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+17.1%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 19.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 651
5–96.4% · 759
10–157.4% · 881
16–194.5% · 531
20–245.2% · 614
25–3413.5% · 1,603
35–4918.7% · 2,221
50–6421.7% · 2,568
65–749.3% · 1,105
75–846.0% · 707
85+1.8% · 211
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.3% · 1,250
1 car or van45.7% · 2,255
2 cars or vans23.1% · 1,142
3 or more5.8% · 288
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Tameside overall: 60.8% owned, 21.2% social rented, 17.6% private rented.
Owned outright35.0% · 1,727
With mortgage33.5% · 1,652
Shared ownership0.3% · 13
Social rented11.2% · 553
Private rented20.1% · 990
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house6.5% · 322
Semi-detached house63.9% · 3,156
Terraced house21.7% · 1,070
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 334
Converted house0.5% · 23
Other conversion0.3% · 13
Above shop / office0.4% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014527- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 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 East17.0% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned12,065DDukinfield15.5% 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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.