Electoral wardE05015186
Anchorsholme ward, Blackpool
Anchorsholme is one of 21 electoral wards of Blackpool Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,194 residents in 3,149 households — 4,662 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency.
Residents, 20216,194council ward average 6,716
Households3,1491.97 residents per household
Density4,662/ km²about 1.33 km² · Blackpool 4,040
Aged 65+34.3%Blackpool: 20.7% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 211
5–94.2% · 260
10–155.4% · 337
16–193.6% · 226
20–243.9% · 242
25–348.9% · 549
35–4914.1% · 871
50–6422.2% · 1,375
65–7416.9% · 1,045
75–8412.6% · 783
85+4.7% · 293
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.2% · 856
1 car or van49.5% · 1,558
2 cars or vans17.7% · 556
3 or more5.6% · 177
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blackpool overall: 57.5% owned, 10.4% social rented, 31.7% private rented.
Owned outright44.9% · 1,415
With mortgage25.6% · 806
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented6.1% · 191
Private rented23.0% · 724
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house9.2% · 291
Semi-detached house66.8% · 2,105
Terraced house9.6% · 301
Purpose-built flat11.4% · 360
Converted house2.2% · 69
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.6% · 18
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015186- Council
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 21
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.