Electoral wardE05000959
Claughton ward, Wirral
Claughton is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,687 residents in 6,473 households — 3,436 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birkenhead constituency.
Residents, 202114,687council ward average 14,555
Households6,4732.27 residents per household
Density3,436/ km²about 4.27 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+22.3%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 607
5–95.1% · 756
10–157.2% · 1,052
16–194.5% · 667
20–245.2% · 770
25–3410.6% · 1,551
35–4917.8% · 2,610
50–6423.1% · 3,394
65–7411.7% · 1,724
75–847.4% · 1,087
85+3.2% · 469
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van24.7% · 1,596
1 car or van42.2% · 2,734
2 cars or vans25.1% · 1,622
3 or more8.0% · 521
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright34.6% · 2,241
With mortgage30.3% · 1,959
Shared ownership0.5% · 30
Social rented14.3% · 925
Private rented20.3% · 1,313
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house19.5% · 1,262
Semi-detached house33.6% · 2,174
Terraced house20.9% · 1,355
Purpose-built flat15.8% · 1,024
Converted house8.5% · 548
Other conversion1.1% · 70
Above shop / office0.6% · 41
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000959- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 22
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.