Electoral wardE05000967
New Brighton ward, Wirral
New Brighton is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,644 residents in 6,915 households — 6,150 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wallasey constituency.
Residents, 202114,644council ward average 14,555
Households6,9152.12 residents per household
Density6,150/ km²about 2.38 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+22.5%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 632
5–94.6% · 674
10–156.1% · 896
16–193.9% · 565
20–244.7% · 683
25–3411.7% · 1,706
35–4918.4% · 2,698
50–6423.8% · 3,492
65–7412.1% · 1,767
75–847.2% · 1,049
85+3.3% · 481
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.6% · 1,980
1 car or van45.0% · 3,113
2 cars or vans21.1% · 1,460
3 or more5.2% · 363
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright32.6% · 2,251
With mortgage29.2% · 2,021
Shared ownership0.6% · 41
Social rented9.4% · 650
Private rented28.2% · 1,950
Type of home
Detached house5.6% · 385
Semi-detached house33.9% · 2,342
Terraced house23.8% · 1,646
Purpose-built flat18.9% · 1,306
Converted house15.1% · 1,047
Other conversion1.2% · 83
Above shop / office1.5% · 106
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000967- Constituency
- Wallasey
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 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.