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Gresford East and West ward, Wrexham County Borough

Gresford East and West is one of 49 electoral wards of Wrexham County Borough (Wales). At the 2021 Census it had 2,794 residents in 1,290 households — 492 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wrexham constituency.

Residents, 20212,794council ward average 2,757
Households1,2902.17 residents per household
Density492/ km²about 5.68 km² · Wrexham County Borough 268
Aged 65+32.4%Wrexham County Borough: 20.3% · under 16: 12.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–43.0% · 84
5–93.5% · 98
10–155.8% · 161
16–193.6% · 101
20–244.4% · 122
25–349.6% · 267
35–4915.0% · 418
50–6422.8% · 637
65–7415.0% · 419
75–8411.6% · 323
85+5.9% · 164

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van12.9% · 166
1 car or van41.8% · 539
2 cars or vans30.3% · 390
3 or more15.1% · 194
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wrexham County Borough overall: 62.5% owned, 21.0% social rented, 15.8% private rented.

Owned outright51.7% · 667
With mortgage27.3% · 352
Shared ownership0.2% · 3
Social rented7.9% · 102
Private rented12.8% · 165
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house39.0% · 504
Semi-detached house42.4% · 548
Terraced house15.7% · 203
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 22
Converted house0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.8% · 10
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.