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Electoral wardE05000974

Wallasey ward, Wirral

Wallasey is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 14,478 residents in 6,292 households — 3,280 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wallasey constituency.

Residents, 202114,478council ward average 14,555
Households6,2922.3 residents per household
Density3,280/ km²about 4.41 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+24.0%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 601
5–95.4% · 783
10–156.7% · 966
16–194.0% · 580
20–244.0% · 576
25–3410.2% · 1,479
35–4917.4% · 2,517
50–6424.2% · 3,496
65–7413.2% · 1,913
75–847.6% · 1,106
85+3.2% · 459

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van16.7% · 1,050
1 car or van44.5% · 2,802
2 cars or vans29.8% · 1,874
3 or more9.0% · 566
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.1% · 2,898
With mortgage33.2% · 2,091
Shared ownership0.5% · 31
Social rented4.8% · 305
Private rented15.3% · 965
Lives rent free0.0% · 3

Type of home

Detached house11.3% · 709
Semi-detached house59.5% · 3,741
Terraced house10.1% · 634
Purpose-built flat11.8% · 744
Converted house6.0% · 377
Other conversion0.3% · 20
Above shop / office1.0% · 63
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
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.