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Orford ward, Warrington

Orford is one of 22 electoral wards of Warrington Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 11,960 residents in 5,203 households — 5,411 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Warrington North constituency.

Residents, 202111,960council ward average 9,590
Households5,2032.3 residents per household
Density5,411/ km²about 2.21 km² · Warrington 1,168
Aged 65+16.1%Warrington: 19.0% · under 16: 19.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.2% · 743
5–95.6% · 665
10–157.3% · 873
16–193.9% · 464
20–246.0% · 713
25–3415.4% · 1,839
35–4918.7% · 2,241
50–6420.9% · 2,497
65–748.6% · 1,031
75–845.8% · 690
85+1.7% · 204

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van27.7% · 1,441
1 car or van43.0% · 2,235
2 cars or vans22.7% · 1,179
3 or more6.6% · 345
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright29.3% · 1,524
With mortgage27.5% · 1,432
Shared ownership0.2% · 12
Social rented24.4% · 1,269
Private rented18.4% · 959
Lives rent free0.1% · 4

Type of home

Detached house5.2% · 268
Semi-detached house43.8% · 2,275
Terraced house41.1% · 2,136
Purpose-built flat7.0% · 365
Converted house2.1% · 111
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office0.6% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.