Electoral wardE05015188
Bloomfield ward, Blackpool
Bloomfield is one of 21 electoral wards of Blackpool Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,567 residents in 3,304 households — 6,482 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackpool South constituency.
Residents, 20217,567council ward average 6,716
Households3,3042.29 residents per household
Density6,482/ km²about 1.17 km² · Blackpool 4,040
Aged 65+12.9%Blackpool: 20.7% · under 16: 21.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.1% · 536
5–96.7% · 507
10–158.1% · 615
16–194.5% · 343
20–246.8% · 513
25–3414.9% · 1,125
35–4918.9% · 1,430
50–6420.1% · 1,523
65–748.6% · 650
75–843.4% · 255
85+0.9% · 69
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van56.9% · 1,878
1 car or van32.6% · 1,078
2 cars or vans8.4% · 278
3 or more2.1% · 69
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Blackpool overall: 57.5% owned, 10.4% social rented, 31.7% private rented.
Owned outright17.5% · 578
With mortgage13.1% · 431
Shared ownership1.0% · 34
Social rented12.6% · 417
Private rented55.7% · 1,837
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house4.2% · 140
Semi-detached house11.4% · 375
Terraced house43.4% · 1,434
Purpose-built flat21.3% · 705
Converted house12.7% · 418
Other conversion1.5% · 48
Above shop / office5.3% · 175
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015188- Council
- Blackpool Borough Council
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 21
Other wards in the same constituency
BBrunswick13.8% aged 65+ · 44.0% owned6,920CClaremont13.7% aged 65+ · 30.7% owned7,632CClifton20.6% aged 65+ · 55.2% owned6,551GGreenlands20.7% aged 65+ · 66.2% owned6,666HHawes Side18.1% aged 65+ · 56.6% owned7,141HHighfield25.0% aged 65+ · 68.5% owned7,858LLayton18.2% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned6,703MMarton19.5% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned6,857PPark14.7% aged 65+ · 43.2% owned7,359SSquires Gate25.4% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned6,187SStanley27.9% aged 65+ · 74.2% owned5,297TTalbot17.2% aged 65+ · 39.2% owned6,525TTyldesley18.6% aged 65+ · 59.5% owned6,765VVictoria17.3% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned6,592
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.