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Broadheath ward, Trafford

Broadheath is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,787 residents in 4,947 households — 3,378 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Altrincham and Sale West constituency.

Residents, 202112,787council ward average 11,193
Households4,9472.58 residents per household
Density3,378/ km²about 3.78 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+14.9%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 23.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 787
5–97.9% · 1,009
10–159.6% · 1,229
16–194.3% · 545
20–243.9% · 500
25–3410.9% · 1,400
35–4924.8% · 3,166
50–6417.6% · 2,252
65–748.5% · 1,083
75–844.9% · 622
85+1.5% · 194

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.2% · 604
1 car or van43.9% · 2,171
2 cars or vans36.1% · 1,787
3 or more7.7% · 382
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Trafford overall: 68.9% owned, 15.0% social rented, 15.3% private rented.

Owned outright35.1% · 1,738
With mortgage41.5% · 2,052
Shared ownership0.8% · 39
Social rented8.5% · 422
Private rented14.0% · 693
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house17.3% · 857
Semi-detached house54.5% · 2,695
Terraced house16.1% · 796
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 552
Converted house0.3% · 14
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.