Electoral wardE05015259
Urmston ward, Trafford
Urmston is one of 21 electoral wards of Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,842 residents in 5,256 households — 3,252 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Stretford and Urmston constituency.
Residents, 202111,842council ward average 11,193
Households5,2562.25 residents per household
Density3,252/ km²about 3.64 km² · Trafford 2,217
Aged 65+20.9%Trafford: 17.6% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 652
5–95.4% · 644
10–156.4% · 758
16–193.7% · 439
20–244.0% · 475
25–3411.7% · 1,391
35–4921.0% · 2,487
50–6421.2% · 2,516
65–7410.5% · 1,240
75–847.4% · 877
85+3.1% · 362
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.5% · 1,130
1 car or van44.5% · 2,337
2 cars or vans27.5% · 1,445
3 or more6.5% · 341
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Trafford overall: 68.9% owned, 15.0% social rented, 15.3% private rented.
Owned outright33.8% · 1,778
With mortgage34.5% · 1,815
Shared ownership1.0% · 54
Social rented15.5% · 817
Private rented15.0% · 786
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house12.7% · 670
Semi-detached house46.2% · 2,433
Terraced house18.8% · 992
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 879
Converted house3.4% · 177
Other conversion0.4% · 19
Above shop / office1.7% · 90
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015259- Constituency
- Stretford and Urmston
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 21
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% owned12,152GGorse 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% owned10,560
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.