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Electoral wardE05011515
Darwen South ward, Blackburn with Darwen
Darwen South is one of 17 electoral wards of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,201 residents in 3,689 households — 1,101 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
Residents, 20218,201council ward average 9,102
Households3,6892.22 residents per household
Density1,101/ km²about 7.45 km² · Blackburn with Darwen 1,129
Aged 65+20.2%Blackburn with Darwen: 14.5% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 428
5–95.3% · 432
10–156.7% · 553
16–194.3% · 356
20–245.0% · 411
25–3413.1% · 1,071
35–4918.3% · 1,500
50–6421.8% · 1,791
65–7412.5% · 1,029
75–845.7% · 470
85+2.0% · 161
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.6% · 760
1 car or van43.3% · 1,599
2 cars or vans27.6% · 1,019
3 or more8.4% · 311
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blackburn with Darwen overall: 60.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright36.0% · 1,330
With mortgage35.1% · 1,295
Shared ownership0.8% · 30
Social rented9.8% · 362
Private rented18.2% · 673
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house21.4% · 788
Semi-detached house27.5% · 1,015
Terraced house39.3% · 1,449
Purpose-built flat10.1% · 372
Converted house1.0% · 38
Other conversion0.4% · 14
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011515- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 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.