Electoral wardE05015240
Ashton upon Mersey ward, Trafford
Ashton upon Mersey is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,488 residents in 4,765 households — 3,531 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Altrincham and Sale West constituency.
Residents, 202111,488council ward average 11,193
Households4,7652.41 residents per household
Density3,531/ km²about 3.25 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+19.5%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 678
5–97.2% · 824
10–158.0% · 917
16–193.6% · 417
20–243.8% · 433
25–3410.5% · 1,212
35–4922.8% · 2,621
50–6418.7% · 2,146
65–749.6% · 1,101
75–846.7% · 767
85+3.3% · 376
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.2% · 819
1 car or van44.8% · 2,132
2 cars or vans30.8% · 1,468
3 or more7.2% · 345
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Trafford overall: 68.9% owned, 15.0% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright37.4% · 1,781
With mortgage37.1% · 1,767
Shared ownership0.7% · 32
Social rented8.7% · 417
Private rented16.1% · 768
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house13.3% · 632
Semi-detached house45.7% · 2,180
Terraced house18.8% · 898
Purpose-built flat18.1% · 865
Converted house1.8% · 84
Other conversion1.0% · 47
Above shop / office1.3% · 62
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015240- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
AAltrincham17.4% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned10,509BBowdon23.3% aged 65+ · 72.5% owned10,851BBroadheath14.9% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned12,787HHale14.6% aged 65+ · 76.7% owned10,584HHale Barns & Timperley South24.2% aged 65+ · 85.2% owned9,920MManor18.6% aged 65+ · 62.3% owned9,792TTimperley Central21.9% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned12,927TTimperley North18.2% aged 65+ · 79.5% owned12,230
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.