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Livesey with Pleasington ward, Blackburn with Darwen

Livesey with Pleasington is one of 17 electoral wards of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,078 residents in 3,441 households — 697 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackburn constituency.

Residents, 20218,078council ward average 9,102
Households3,4412.35 residents per household
Density697/ km²about 11.59 km² · Blackburn with Darwen 1,129
Aged 65+25.5%Blackburn with Darwen: 14.5% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.5% · 360
5–95.2% · 420
10–156.3% · 513
16–193.3% · 268
20–244.6% · 368
25–3411.0% · 886
35–4916.6% · 1,343
50–6423.0% · 1,859
65–7412.6% · 1,020
75–849.6% · 773
85+3.3% · 269

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.6% · 398
1 car or van43.4% · 1,494
2 cars or vans34.8% · 1,198
3 or more10.3% · 353
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Blackburn with Darwen overall: 60.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 20.2% private rented.

Owned outright48.6% · 1,672
With mortgage38.5% · 1,324
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented3.8% · 130
Private rented9.0% · 309
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house25.3% · 871
Semi-detached house56.7% · 1,948
Terraced house13.0% · 447
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 131
Converted house0.3% · 10
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.8% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.