Electoral wardE05015246
Flixton ward, Trafford
Flixton is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,152 residents in 5,098 households — 2,575 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stretford and Urmston constituency.
Residents, 202112,152council ward average 11,193
Households5,0982.38 residents per household
Density2,575/ km²about 4.72 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+22.5%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 628
5–95.6% · 679
10–157.0% · 848
16–194.0% · 486
20–244.1% · 494
25–349.8% · 1,190
35–4920.0% · 2,430
50–6421.9% · 2,657
65–7411.7% · 1,418
75–847.6% · 924
85+3.3% · 395
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.9% · 759
1 car or van41.9% · 2,135
2 cars or vans34.1% · 1,741
3 or more9.1% · 464
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Trafford overall: 68.9% owned, 15.0% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 2,174
With mortgage38.6% · 1,968
Shared ownership1.0% · 51
Social rented9.1% · 466
Private rented8.6% · 440
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house14.2% · 725
Semi-detached house64.4% · 3,288
Terraced house10.2% · 522
Purpose-built flat9.1% · 462
Converted house0.9% · 44
Other conversion0.3% · 13
Above shop / office0.9% · 48
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015246- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
BBucklow-St Martins15.1% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned9,944DDavyhulme20.9% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned11,371GGorse Hill & Cornbrook9.0% aged 65+ · 46.4% owned11,760LLongford15.1% aged 65+ · 57.9% owned10,305LLostock & Barton15.6% aged 65+ · 70.4% owned11,692OOld Trafford9.9% aged 65+ · 45.5% owned11,974SStretford & Humphrey Park15.3% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned10,560UUrmston20.9% aged 65+ · 68.4% owned11,842
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.