Electoral wardE05015247
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook ward, Trafford
Gorse Hill & Cornbrook is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,760 residents in 5,196 households — 4,367 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stretford and Urmston constituency.
Residents, 202111,760council ward average 11,193
Households5,1962.26 residents per household
Density4,367/ km²about 2.69 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+9.0%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 705
5–96.6% · 780
10–157.7% · 907
16–194.4% · 515
20–248.5% · 1,000
25–3419.9% · 2,339
35–4922.6% · 2,656
50–6415.3% · 1,795
65–745.2% · 614
75–842.7% · 317
85+1.1% · 125
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.2% · 1,829
1 car or van44.9% · 2,332
2 cars or vans16.4% · 852
3 or more3.5% · 184
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Trafford overall: 68.9% owned, 15.0% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright18.7% · 974
With mortgage27.6% · 1,436
Shared ownership0.7% · 36
Social rented20.8% · 1,080
Private rented32.1% · 1,669
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house2.1% · 110
Semi-detached house27.8% · 1,443
Terraced house30.5% · 1,584
Purpose-built flat34.9% · 1,814
Converted house2.0% · 105
Other conversion1.6% · 81
Above shop / office1.1% · 58
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015247- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 21
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBucklow-St Martins15.1% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned9,944DDavyhulme20.9% aged 65+ · 81.0% owned11,371FFlixton22.5% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned12,152LLongford15.1% 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.