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Dukinfield ward, Tameside

Dukinfield is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,363 residents in 5,386 households — 3,419 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashton-under-Lyne and Stalybridge and Hyde constituencies.

Residents, 202112,363council ward average 12,162
Households5,3862.3 residents per household
Density3,419/ km²about 3.62 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+15.5%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 740
5–96.6% · 811
10–157.8% · 966
16–194.3% · 527
20–245.9% · 733
25–3414.0% · 1,728
35–4919.8% · 2,454
50–6420.2% · 2,492
65–749.2% · 1,143
75–844.8% · 598
85+1.4% · 171

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van28.8% · 1,554
1 car or van43.6% · 2,351
2 cars or vans21.6% · 1,166
3 or more5.9% · 320
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright25.4% · 1,366
With mortgage27.9% · 1,503
Shared ownership0.1% · 7
Social rented28.6% · 1,538
Private rented17.8% · 960
Lives rent free0.2% · 11

Type of home

Detached house11.4% · 615
Semi-detached house28.2% · 1,519
Terraced house39.5% · 2,127
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 1,013
Converted house0.9% · 51
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.9% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.