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Electoral wardE05015206

Waterloo ward, Blackpool

Waterloo is one of 21 electoral wards of Blackpool Borough Council (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,731 residents in 3,023 households — 4,622 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Blackpool South constituency.

Residents, 20216,731council ward average 6,716
Households3,0232.23 residents per household
Density4,622/ km²about 1.46 km² · Blackpool 4,040
Aged 65+20.2%Blackpool: 20.7% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.2% · 281
5–95.0% · 337
10–156.2% · 419
16–194.3% · 289
20–245.3% · 359
25–3412.9% · 866
35–4918.1% · 1,221
50–6423.9% · 1,609
65–7410.9% · 734
75–846.5% · 436
85+2.8% · 188

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van41.2% · 1,246
1 car or van34.6% · 1,046
2 cars or vans17.6% · 533
3 or more6.6% · 200
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright26.4% · 798
With mortgage24.3% · 735
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented4.6% · 138
Private rented44.4% · 1,341

Type of home

Detached house5.2% · 158
Semi-detached house34.2% · 1,034
Terraced house18.7% · 565
Purpose-built flat20.4% · 616
Converted house17.3% · 523
Other conversion1.1% · 33
Above shop / office3.1% · 93
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.