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Electoral wardE05000969

Pensby and Thingwall ward, Wirral

Pensby and Thingwall is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,911 residents in 5,843 households — 1,181 people per km², the 21st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wirral West constituency.

Residents, 202112,911council ward average 14,555
Households5,8432.21 residents per household
Density1,181/ km²about 10.93 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+28.6%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 580
5–95.2% · 669
10–156.0% · 776
16–193.7% · 472
20–243.6% · 471
25–3410.1% · 1,299
35–4916.1% · 2,075
50–6422.2% · 2,872
65–7414.2% · 1,836
75–8410.0% · 1,295
85+4.4% · 568

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.4% · 843
1 car or van43.6% · 2,550
2 cars or vans32.6% · 1,902
3 or more9.4% · 548
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.7% · 2,726
With mortgage33.7% · 1,966
Shared ownership0.3% · 18
Social rented10.0% · 582
Private rented9.4% · 550

Type of home

Detached house18.2% · 1,062
Semi-detached house67.5% · 3,940
Terraced house8.1% · 475
Purpose-built flat5.2% · 301
Converted house0.5% · 27
Other conversion0.2% · 10
Above shop / office0.4% · 24
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.