The short version
Across seven Northwich-area wards there are 21,731 households. Witton has the most terraces (44.7%), Rudheath the most semis (60.3%), Hartford & Greenbank the most detached houses (50.5%), and Shakerley the most oil heating (8.5%).
The figures
| Ward | Households | Owned | Detached | Semi | Terraced | Flats | Oil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwich Leftwich | 2,279 | 55.9% | 11.9% | 39.3% | 27.1% | 21.3% | 0.6% |
| Northwich Winnington & Castle | 4,065 | 70.4% | 18.2% | 37.6% | 31.3% | 12.7% | 0.3% |
| Northwich Witton | 2,336 | 53.0% | 9.3% | 34.1% | 44.7% | 11.9% | 0.2% |
| Hartford & Greenbank | 3,814 | 77.8% | 50.5% | 27.9% | 11.4% | 10.1% | 1.0% |
| Rudheath | 2,484 | 67.8% | 22.1% | 60.3% | 12.5% | 4.2% | 0.5% |
| Shakerley | 2,182 | 75.2% | 38.4% | 38.6% | 13.2% | 4.6% | 8.5% |
| Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead | 4,571 | 78.5% | 48.2% | 31.4% | 12.0% | 8.1% | 1.6% |
The town wards
Witton
2,336 households, 44.7% in terraces and 29.1% renting privately, the highest private-rent share here. A terrace usually offers one rear slope; chimney stacks on the party walls shade part of it, and scaffold goes up from the street. Renters need the landlord’s agreement: see renters and flats.
Leftwich
2,279 households with the area’s highest shares of social renting (25.8%) and flats (21.3%), and 10.9% heated by electricity alone. Where the landlord or block owner decides, the first conversation is with them.
Winnington & Castle
The biggest town ward (4,065 households), 70.4% owner-occupied, with a balance of semis (37.6%) and terraces (31.3%). Many owners here can decide for themselves, so the questions are the usual ones: orientation, shade, roof condition.
The surrounding wards
Hartford & Greenbank, and Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead
Half of Hartford & Greenbank’s households and nearly half of Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead’s live in detached houses, and both are around four-fifths owner-occupied. Bigger roofs leave room for larger systems, which on a single-phase supply may need the network operator’s approval before fitting. Hartford and Davenham each have a conservation area; roof slopes are still permitted development in them.
Rudheath
60.3% semi-detached, the most of any ward here. Semis usually have a front and a back slope and a side passage for scaffold, which makes them among the more straightforward roofs.
Shakerley
The rural fringe: 8.5% oil-only heating and 38.4% detached. See off-gas homes around Northwich for what solar does and does not change in an oil-heated house.
What the house type does not decide
Output per kWp depends on direction, pitch and shade, not on whether the house is a terrace or a villa. Check your roof with the output table for Northwich, and remember that in parts of the town the condition of the roof structure matters as much as its size: subsidence and solar.