Electoral wardE05000962
Heswall ward, Wirral
Heswall is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,170 residents in 5,827 households — 848 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wirral West constituency.
Residents, 202113,170council ward average 14,555
Households5,8272.26 residents per household
Density848/ km²about 15.54 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+32.8%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 14.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 455
5–94.8% · 632
10–156.5% · 852
16–193.7% · 482
20–243.7% · 485
25–346.7% · 881
35–4915.3% · 2,014
50–6423.1% · 3,044
65–7415.7% · 2,073
75–8411.9% · 1,563
85+5.2% · 688
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.9% · 636
1 car or van36.6% · 2,130
2 cars or vans38.1% · 2,219
3 or more14.4% · 842
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright55.2% · 3,216
With mortgage32.3% · 1,881
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented3.4% · 199
Private rented8.8% · 510
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house58.8% · 3,425
Semi-detached house26.2% · 1,527
Terraced house4.1% · 239
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 526
Converted house0.7% · 41
Other conversion0.2% · 12
Above shop / office1.0% · 56
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000962- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
CClatterbridge29.2% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned13,785GGreasby, Frankby and Irby28.8% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned14,110HHoylake and Meols27.5% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned12,979PPensby and Thingwall28.6% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned12,911UUpton21.6% aged 65+ · 57.8% owned16,376WWest Kirby and Thurstaston28.2% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned12,541
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.