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Longford ward, Trafford

Longford is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,305 residents in 4,162 households — 3,308 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Residents, 202110,305council ward average 11,193
Households4,1622.48 residents per household
Density3,308/ km²about 3.12 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+15.1%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 20.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 568
5–96.5% · 674
10–158.4% · 865
16–194.8% · 498
20–245.2% · 532
25–3413.7% · 1,407
35–4921.6% · 2,229
50–6419.2% · 1,980
65–748.3% · 855
75–844.4% · 452
85+2.4% · 245

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van29.5% · 1,227
1 car or van44.5% · 1,851
2 cars or vans20.5% · 851
3 or more5.5% · 230
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.6% · 1,233
With mortgage28.2% · 1,174
Shared ownership0.6% · 23
Social rented25.2% · 1,047
Private rented16.3% · 677
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house5.1% · 210
Semi-detached house53.4% · 2,220
Terraced house14.3% · 596
Purpose-built flat23.2% · 963
Converted house3.1% · 127
Other conversion0.5% · 22
Above shop / office0.5% · 20
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.