Electoral wardE05000955
Bidston and St James ward, Wirral
Bidston and St James is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,696 residents in 7,062 households — 2,253 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birkenhead constituency.
Residents, 202115,696council ward average 14,555
Households7,0622.22 residents per household
Density2,253/ km²about 6.97 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+14.6%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 23.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.4% · 1,167
5–97.9% · 1,233
10–158.2% · 1,282
16–194.7% · 734
20–245.7% · 897
25–3413.6% · 2,132
35–4919.4% · 3,037
50–6418.6% · 2,923
65–748.6% · 1,348
75–844.6% · 723
85+1.4% · 218
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van42.3% · 2,989
1 car or van40.2% · 2,837
2 cars or vans13.8% · 976
3 or more3.7% · 259
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright16.4% · 1,155
With mortgage19.4% · 1,368
Shared ownership0.6% · 39
Social rented44.3% · 3,128
Private rented19.2% · 1,359
Lives rent free0.2% · 12
Type of home
Detached house11.9% · 840
Semi-detached house31.2% · 2,203
Terraced house43.6% · 3,076
Purpose-built flat11.7% · 826
Converted house1.0% · 74
Other conversion0.1% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000955- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 22
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
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.