Electoral wardE05000960
Eastham ward, Wirral
Eastham is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,932 residents in 6,019 households — 1,820 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Ellesmere Port and Bromborough constituency.
Residents, 202113,932council ward average 14,555
Households6,0192.31 residents per household
Density1,820/ km²about 7.66 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+23.9%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 690
5–95.5% · 762
10–157.4% · 1,034
16–193.9% · 545
20–244.2% · 581
25–3410.9% · 1,516
35–4917.9% · 2,493
50–6421.4% · 2,982
65–7412.3% · 1,710
75–848.4% · 1,172
85+3.2% · 447
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.0% · 1,021
1 car or van42.2% · 2,540
2 cars or vans31.8% · 1,913
3 or more9.1% · 545
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright43.6% · 2,623
With mortgage35.5% · 2,135
Shared ownership0.6% · 38
Social rented9.4% · 564
Private rented10.9% · 657
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house15.6% · 937
Semi-detached house60.6% · 3,645
Terraced house14.7% · 885
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 459
Converted house0.5% · 30
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.9% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000960- Constituency
- Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.