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Electoral wardE05011514
Darwen East ward, Blackburn with Darwen
Darwen East is one of 17 electoral wards of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,957 residents in 4,605 households — 3,562 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
Residents, 20219,957council ward average 9,102
Households4,6052.16 residents per household
Density3,562/ km²about 2.80 km² · Blackburn with Darwen 1,129
Aged 65+16.0%Blackburn with Darwen: 14.5% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 625
5–96.2% · 615
10–157.6% · 754
16–194.9% · 489
20–246.3% · 624
25–3415.7% · 1,559
35–4918.4% · 1,835
50–6418.7% · 1,857
65–748.5% · 845
75–845.4% · 534
85+2.2% · 218
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.7% · 1,738
1 car or van43.3% · 1,992
2 cars or vans15.7% · 721
3 or more3.3% · 154
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blackburn with Darwen overall: 60.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright23.6% · 1,087
With mortgage21.5% · 989
Shared ownership0.5% · 21
Social rented20.9% · 961
Private rented33.5% · 1,543
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house4.5% · 208
Semi-detached house18.8% · 868
Terraced house62.3% · 2,869
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 469
Converted house1.4% · 64
Other conversion1.2% · 53
Above shop / office1.6% · 73
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011514- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Darwen
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.