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Electoral wardE05011026

Birchwood ward, Warrington

Birchwood is one of 22 electoral wards of Warrington Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 10,610 residents in 4,965 households — 1,309 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Warrington North constituency.

Residents, 202110,610council ward average 9,590
Households4,9652.14 residents per household
Density1,309/ km²about 8.11 km² · Warrington 1,168
Aged 65+19.9%Warrington: 19.0% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 521
5–95.3% · 567
10–156.9% · 734
16–194.0% · 424
20–244.6% · 488
25–3413.1% · 1,393
35–4919.4% · 2,054
50–6421.8% · 2,313
65–7412.5% · 1,329
75–845.9% · 625
85+1.5% · 162

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.3% · 1,007
1 car or van46.6% · 2,315
2 cars or vans26.6% · 1,320
3 or more6.5% · 323
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Warrington overall: 68.7% owned, 15.3% social rented, 15.2% private rented.

Owned outright31.9% · 1,582
With mortgage25.5% · 1,265
Shared ownership1.2% · 58
Social rented27.2% · 1,351
Private rented14.2% · 703
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house28.1% · 1,396
Semi-detached house35.2% · 1,746
Terraced house22.4% · 1,112
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 648
Converted house0.9% · 45
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011026
Constituency
Warrington North
Region
North West
Density rank in council
14 of 22

Parishes in the ward

Birchwood

Other wards in the same constituency

BBurtonwood and Winwick25.1% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned6,220CCulcheth, Glazebury and Croft23.0% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned11,788FFairfield and Howley12.1% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned11,855OOrford16.1% aged 65+ · 56.8% owned11,960PPoplars and Hulme12.5% aged 65+ · 43.1% owned12,416PPoulton North23.7% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned9,707PPoulton South22.9% aged 65+ · 85.0% owned6,440RRixton and Woolston25.1% aged 65+ · 86.3% owned9,211WWestbrook17.6% aged 65+ · 80.2% owned6,438

All 22 wards of Warrington

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.