Electoral wardE05000968
Oxton ward, Wirral
Oxton is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 13,689 residents in 6,666 households — 4,271 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birkenhead constituency.
Residents, 202113,689council ward average 14,555
Households6,6662.05 residents per household
Density4,271/ km²about 3.20 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+24.7%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 551
5–94.7% · 646
10–156.0% · 827
16–193.8% · 517
20–244.1% · 563
25–3412.1% · 1,650
35–4918.7% · 2,556
50–6421.9% · 2,993
65–7413.6% · 1,856
75–848.2% · 1,129
85+2.9% · 402
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.3% · 1,487
1 car or van46.6% · 3,106
2 cars or vans24.5% · 1,633
3 or more6.6% · 440
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 2,607
With mortgage28.7% · 1,911
Shared ownership0.7% · 46
Social rented7.4% · 496
Private rented24.1% · 1,604
Lives rent free0.0% · 3
Type of home
Detached house13.5% · 897
Semi-detached house39.5% · 2,634
Terraced house13.9% · 929
Purpose-built flat21.5% · 1,433
Converted house9.8% · 650
Other conversion1.0% · 69
Above shop / office0.8% · 52
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000968- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 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.