Electoral wardE05000963
Hoylake and Meols ward, Wirral
Hoylake and Meols is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,979 residents in 5,726 households — 1,183 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wirral West constituency.
Residents, 202112,979council ward average 14,555
Households5,7262.27 residents per household
Density1,183/ km²about 10.97 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+27.5%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 15.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 513
5–95.1% · 663
10–156.8% · 882
16–193.8% · 494
20–243.7% · 486
25–348.3% · 1,072
35–4917.7% · 2,300
50–6423.1% · 2,997
65–7413.3% · 1,722
75–849.1% · 1,176
85+5.2% · 674
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 994
1 car or van42.8% · 2,449
2 cars or vans30.1% · 1,724
3 or more9.7% · 557
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright46.9% · 2,683
With mortgage31.9% · 1,826
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented4.2% · 239
Private rented16.9% · 968
Type of home
Detached house19.0% · 1,086
Semi-detached house36.4% · 2,083
Terraced house18.3% · 1,050
Purpose-built flat12.7% · 727
Converted house9.7% · 557
Other conversion1.0% · 59
Above shop / office2.7% · 153
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000963- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
CClatterbridge29.2% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned13,785GGreasby, Frankby and Irby28.8% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned14,110HHeswall32.8% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned13,170PPensby 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.