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Electoral wardE05011524
West Pennine ward, Blackburn with Darwen
West Pennine is one of 17 electoral wards of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,946 residents in 3,437 households — 115 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
Residents, 20217,946council ward average 9,102
Households3,4372.31 residents per household
Density115/ km²about 69.28 km² · Blackburn with Darwen 1,129
Aged 65+22.6%Blackburn with Darwen: 14.5% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 340
5–95.1% · 409
10–156.6% · 521
16–193.9% · 306
20–244.2% · 333
25–3410.1% · 801
35–4917.5% · 1,392
50–6425.7% · 2,045
65–7413.6% · 1,081
75–847.2% · 574
85+1.8% · 144
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.4% · 287
1 car or van39.1% · 1,344
2 cars or vans37.6% · 1,293
3 or more14.9% · 513
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blackburn with Darwen overall: 60.5% owned, 18.8% social rented, 20.2% private rented.
Owned outright46.3% · 1,591
With mortgage37.6% · 1,293
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented1.8% · 62
Private rented14.1% · 483
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house33.3% · 1,145
Semi-detached house20.1% · 692
Terraced house42.7% · 1,466
Purpose-built flat1.7% · 59
Converted house0.5% · 16
Other conversion0.7% · 23
Above shop / office0.6% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 16
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011524- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 17
Parishes in the ward
DarwenEccleshillNorth TurtonYate and Pickup Bank
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.