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Electoral wardE05015190

Claremont ward, Blackpool

Claremont is one of 21 electoral wards of Blackpool Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,632 residents in 3,734 households — 6,646 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackpool South constituency.

Residents, 20217,632council ward average 6,716
Households3,7342.04 residents per household
Density6,646/ km²about 1.15 km² · Blackpool 4,040
Aged 65+13.7%Blackpool: 20.7% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 418
5–95.6% · 428
10–157.1% · 544
16–195.0% · 385
20–246.7% · 515
25–3413.8% · 1,050
35–4920.4% · 1,554
50–6422.2% · 1,693
65–748.5% · 649
75–844.0% · 307
85+1.2% · 90

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van56.9% · 2,126
1 car or van32.8% · 1,225
2 cars or vans8.2% · 307
3 or more2.1% · 79
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Blackpool overall: 57.5% owned, 10.4% social rented, 31.7% private rented.

Owned outright16.1% · 602
With mortgage14.6% · 544
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented17.4% · 648
Private rented51.4% · 1,919
Lives rent free0.2% · 6

Type of home

Detached house3.3% · 125
Semi-detached house10.6% · 395
Terraced house41.8% · 1,562
Purpose-built flat26.2% · 979
Converted house13.6% · 508
Other conversion1.5% · 56
Above shop / office2.8% · 106
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.