Electoral wardE05000975
West Kirby and Thurstaston ward, Wirral
West Kirby and Thurstaston is one of 22 electoral wards of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 12,541 residents in 5,505 households — 1,047 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wirral West constituency.
Residents, 202112,541council ward average 14,555
Households5,5052.28 residents per household
Density1,047/ km²about 11.97 km² · Wirral 1,990
Aged 65+28.2%Wirral: 22.0% · under 16: 16.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 523
5–95.4% · 677
10–157.2% · 909
16–194.2% · 523
20–243.6% · 450
25–347.6% · 956
35–4916.5% · 2,069
50–6423.1% · 2,902
65–7415.1% · 1,897
75–849.2% · 1,158
85+3.8% · 477
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.0% · 773
1 car or van40.3% · 2,219
2 cars or vans33.8% · 1,862
3 or more11.8% · 651
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wirral overall: 65.0% owned, 15.4% social rented, 18.9% private rented.
Owned outright48.8% · 2,685
With mortgage31.7% · 1,747
Shared ownership0.5% · 27
Social rented7.0% · 384
Private rented12.0% · 662
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house39.6% · 2,179
Semi-detached house32.6% · 1,798
Terraced house13.9% · 765
Purpose-built flat8.6% · 476
Converted house4.1% · 225
Other conversion0.4% · 21
Above shop / office0.8% · 42
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05000975- Constituency
- Wirral West
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 20 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.