Electoral wardE05000956
Birkenhead and Tranmere ward, Wirral
Birkenhead and Tranmere is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,299 residents in 8,059 households — 4,539 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birkenhead constituency.
Residents, 202116,299council ward average 14,555
Households8,0592.02 residents per household
Density4,539/ km²about 3.59 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+11.9%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.0% · 1,135
5–97.0% · 1,133
10–157.7% · 1,258
16–194.2% · 683
20–247.4% · 1,198
25–3416.1% · 2,618
35–4919.5% · 3,174
50–6419.4% · 3,163
65–747.4% · 1,211
75–843.3% · 544
85+1.1% · 180
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van51.8% · 4,174
1 car or van36.4% · 2,937
2 cars or vans9.7% · 781
3 or more2.1% · 167
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright14.8% · 1,189
With mortgage15.5% · 1,252
Shared ownership1.3% · 103
Social rented33.0% · 2,661
Private rented35.4% · 2,850
Lives rent free0.0% · 4
Type of home
Detached house4.8% · 389
Semi-detached house18.4% · 1,481
Terraced house45.4% · 3,659
Purpose-built flat20.9% · 1,684
Converted house5.9% · 473
Other conversion2.4% · 191
Above shop / office2.2% · 176
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000956- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 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.