Electoral wardE05000973
Upton ward, Wirral
Upton is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 16,376 residents in 7,251 households — 3,852 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wallasey and Wirral West constituencies.
Residents, 202116,376council ward average 14,555
Households7,2512.26 residents per household
Density3,852/ km²about 4.25 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+21.6%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 909
5–96.3% · 1,035
10–157.9% · 1,291
16–194.2% · 689
20–244.8% · 778
25–3412.5% · 2,046
35–4917.6% · 2,874
50–6419.6% · 3,216
65–7411.9% · 1,943
75–846.5% · 1,071
85+3.2% · 523
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.3% · 1,981
1 car or van42.2% · 3,062
2 cars or vans23.2% · 1,679
3 or more7.3% · 529
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright31.1% · 2,256
With mortgage26.7% · 1,935
Shared ownership0.6% · 44
Social rented25.6% · 1,855
Private rented15.9% · 1,150
Lives rent free0.2% · 11
Type of home
Detached house13.4% · 971
Semi-detached house38.6% · 2,797
Terraced house30.1% · 2,180
Purpose-built flat16.7% · 1,210
Converted house0.2% · 17
Other conversion0.0% · 3
Above shop / office1.0% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000973- Constituency
- Wallasey, Wirral West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 22
Other wards in the same constituency
CClatterbridge29.2% aged 65+ · 86.4% owned13,785GGreasby, Frankby and Irby28.8% aged 65+ · 87.8% owned14,110HHeswall32.8% aged 65+ · 87.5% owned13,170HHoylake and Meols27.5% aged 65+ · 78.8% owned12,979LLeasowe and Moreton East18.5% aged 65+ · 58.1% owned15,131LLiscard19.4% aged 65+ · 58.5% owned15,510MMoreton West and Saughall Massie24.3% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned13,774NNew Brighton22.5% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned14,644PPensby and Thingwall28.6% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned12,911SSeacombe13.7% aged 65+ · 40.9% owned14,907WWallasey24.0% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned14,478WWest Kirby and Thurstaston28.2% aged 65+ · 80.5% owned12,541
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.