Electoral wardE05000971
Rock Ferry ward, Wirral
Rock Ferry is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 15,333 residents in 6,898 households — 4,680 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Birkenhead constituency.
Residents, 202115,333council ward average 14,555
Households6,8982.22 residents per household
Density4,680/ km²about 3.28 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+14.5%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 941
5–97.3% · 1,126
10–158.1% · 1,244
16–195.5% · 846
20–246.2% · 944
25–3414.5% · 2,223
35–4919.2% · 2,945
50–6418.5% · 2,845
65–748.3% · 1,277
75–844.5% · 688
85+1.7% · 260
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van40.8% · 2,814
1 car or van40.9% · 2,823
2 cars or vans14.6% · 1,004
3 or more3.7% · 257
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright18.7% · 1,291
With mortgage18.9% · 1,303
Shared ownership1.6% · 109
Social rented31.1% · 2,147
Private rented29.6% · 2,043
Lives rent free0.1% · 6
Type of home
Detached house4.8% · 328
Semi-detached house36.9% · 2,547
Terraced house36.4% · 2,508
Purpose-built flat15.9% · 1,100
Converted house4.8% · 330
Other conversion0.3% · 20
Above shop / office0.9% · 63
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000971- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 3 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.