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Longdendale ward, Tameside

Longdendale is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,775 residents in 6,066 households — 1,179 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency.

Residents, 202113,775council ward average 12,162
Households6,0662.27 residents per household
Density1,179/ km²about 11.69 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+17.2%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.9% · 955
5–96.8% · 938
10–157.9% · 1,092
16–193.7% · 504
20–244.8% · 657
25–3414.2% · 1,957
35–4918.6% · 2,561
50–6419.9% · 2,740
65–7410.1% · 1,392
75–845.4% · 739
85+1.7% · 235

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van25.1% · 1,524
1 car or van43.9% · 2,662
2 cars or vans24.7% · 1,498
3 or more6.3% · 382
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.7% · 1,619
With mortgage30.4% · 1,847
Shared ownership0.4% · 22
Social rented29.3% · 1,780
Private rented13.0% · 791
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house14.7% · 890
Semi-detached house24.4% · 1,483
Terraced house48.8% · 2,960
Purpose-built flat9.6% · 581
Converted house0.9% · 53
Other conversion1.4% · 82
Above shop / office0.3% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 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.