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Electoral wardE05011522

Shear Brow & Corporation Park ward, Blackburn with Darwen

Shear Brow & Corporation Park is one of 17 electoral wards of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,360 residents in 2,619 households — 8,461 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackburn constituency.

Residents, 20219,360council ward average 9,102
Households2,6193.57 residents per household
Density8,461/ km²about 1.11 km² · Blackburn with Darwen 1,129
Aged 65+10.8%Blackburn with Darwen: 14.5% · under 16: 26.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–47.0% · 654
5–98.1% · 758
10–1510.9% · 1,017
16–196.8% · 638
20–247.7% · 719
25–3413.3% · 1,244
35–4922.1% · 2,067
50–6413.4% · 1,250
65–746.6% · 617
75–842.7% · 256
85+1.5% · 139

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van22.9% · 601
1 car or van43.8% · 1,146
2 cars or vans24.2% · 634
3 or more9.1% · 238
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright47.2% · 1,235
With mortgage24.3% · 636
Shared ownership0.4% · 10
Social rented5.8% · 151
Private rented22.4% · 585

Type of home

Detached house5.0% · 132
Semi-detached house16.7% · 438
Terraced house69.9% · 1,830
Purpose-built flat4.5% · 119
Converted house1.9% · 50
Other conversion0.5% · 13
Above shop / office1.4% · 36
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.