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St Peter's ward, Tameside

St Peter's is one of 19 electoral wards of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,589 residents in 6,223 households — 3,358 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.

Residents, 202114,589council ward average 12,162
Households6,2232.34 residents per household
Density3,358/ km²about 4.34 km² · Tameside 2,239
Aged 65+12.2%Tameside: 17.5% · under 16: 23.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.4% · 1,082
5–97.3% · 1,064
10–158.7% · 1,276
16–194.8% · 699
20–246.5% · 942
25–3416.1% · 2,346
35–4920.5% · 2,989
50–6416.5% · 2,409
65–747.4% · 1,073
75–843.7% · 545
85+1.1% · 158

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van44.4% · 2,761
1 car or van40.5% · 2,518
2 cars or vans12.6% · 781
3 or more2.6% · 162
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright15.7% · 975
With mortgage17.7% · 1,102
Shared ownership0.2% · 11
Social rented40.4% · 2,511
Private rented26.0% · 1,621
Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house4.0% · 247
Semi-detached house18.2% · 1,133
Terraced house43.2% · 2,691
Purpose-built flat27.4% · 1,706
Converted house2.2% · 135
Other conversion3.0% · 188
Above shop / office1.9% · 121
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
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.