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Lostock & Barton ward, Trafford

Lostock & Barton is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,692 residents in 4,664 households — 1,111 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stretford and Urmston constituency.

Residents, 202111,692council ward average 11,193
Households4,6642.51 residents per household
Density1,111/ km²about 10.52 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+15.6%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.1% · 717
5–96.6% · 776
10–158.2% · 963
16–194.9% · 569
20–244.8% · 556
25–3412.1% · 1,409
35–4920.8% · 2,435
50–6420.9% · 2,442
65–748.6% · 1,008
75–845.3% · 614
85+1.7% · 198

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van18.0% · 838
1 car or van46.6% · 2,176
2 cars or vans27.8% · 1,298
3 or more7.6% · 353
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.9% · 1,580
With mortgage36.5% · 1,701
Shared ownership1.2% · 54
Social rented18.2% · 849
Private rented10.2% · 473
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house6.0% · 279
Semi-detached house71.3% · 3,322
Terraced house12.3% · 574
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 421
Converted house0.5% · 24
Other conversion0.3% · 15
Above shop / office0.5% · 23
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.