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Electoral wardE05000964

Leasowe and Moreton East ward, Wirral

Leasowe and Moreton East is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,131 residents in 6,543 households — 2,401 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wallasey constituency.

Residents, 202115,131council ward average 14,555
Households6,5432.31 residents per household
Density2,401/ km²about 6.30 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+18.5%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 844
5–96.9% · 1,043
10–158.8% · 1,333
16–194.7% · 704
20–244.3% · 645
25–3412.9% · 1,955
35–4918.5% · 2,796
50–6419.9% · 3,007
65–7410.4% · 1,573
75–846.1% · 922
85+2.0% · 308

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van26.7% · 1,745
1 car or van44.3% · 2,896
2 cars or vans23.2% · 1,520
3 or more5.9% · 383
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.

Owned outright30.2% · 1,975
With mortgage27.9% · 1,824
Shared ownership0.4% · 25
Social rented27.1% · 1,770
Private rented14.4% · 941
Lives rent free0.1% · 8

Type of home

Detached house15.0% · 982
Semi-detached house46.1% · 3,018
Terraced house24.0% · 1,571
Purpose-built flat13.6% · 890
Converted house0.8% · 53
Other conversion0.0% · 3
Above shop / office0.3% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
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.