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Blackpool Borough Council

Local authority area: Blackpool

Blackpool is an unitary authority, in the North West England region of England. It covers 34.9 km² and had 141,574 residents in 2022 — about 4,057 people per km². The authority dates from 1851. The council is based in Blackpool.

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Town hall in the administrative centreBlackpool Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Blackpool, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022141,574-0.3% since 2012

Land area34.9km²13.5 sq mi

Density4,057/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#214of 382 UK councils · #182 in England

Population estimates5 data points

142K139.6K139.3K141K141.6K

20122015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1851
Created
Blackpool became a local authority area.

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in North West

All councils in North West

Cheshire East406,527 Cheshire West and Chester361,694 Cumberland275,390 Westmorland and Furness227,643 Warrington211,580 Blackburn with Darwen155,762 Halton128,964

Elections

21 electoral wards

Census 2021: 141,027 residents in 64,797 households across the wards; 20.7% aged 65+, 57.5% of homes owned, 34.0% of households without a car.

1Highfield3,647 households · 25.0% aged 65+7,858 2Claremont3,734 households · 13.7% aged 65+7,632 3Bloomfield3,304 households · 12.9% aged 65+7,567 4Park3,244 households · 14.7% aged 65+7,359 5Hawes Side3,202 households · 18.1% aged 65+7,141 6Brunswick3,077 households · 13.8% aged 65+6,920

All wards of Blackpool

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CBlackpool CouncilCouncil office · Blackpool FY1 3AH · hours listed CBlackpool CouncilCouncil office · Blackpool FY1 1LY · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Blackpool South · 17 wards Blackpool North and Fleetwood · 6 wards

Source: Wikidata Q20989106 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.