Electoral wardE05005157
Gawthorpe ward, Burnley
Gawthorpe is one of 15 electoral wards of Burnley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,380 residents in 2,929 households — 3,608 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Burnley constituency; for county elections it is in the Padiham & Burnley West division.
Residents, 20216,380council ward average 6,310
Households2,9292.18 residents per household
Density3,608/ km²about 1.77 km² · Burnley 855
Aged 65+18.7%Burnley: 17.8% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 402
5–96.7% · 425
10–157.2% · 460
16–194.3% · 276
20–245.1% · 324
25–3413.2% · 842
35–4918.2% · 1,161
50–6420.3% · 1,296
65–7410.6% · 675
75–846.0% · 385
85+2.1% · 135
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.9% · 905
1 car or van45.3% · 1,327
2 cars or vans18.5% · 543
3 or more5.3% · 154
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Burnley overall: 59.8% owned, 15.6% social rented, 24.3% private rented.
Owned outright29.1% · 853
With mortgage22.2% · 651
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented17.8% · 520
Private rented30.8% · 902
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house10.6% · 311
Semi-detached house21.3% · 624
Terraced house56.5% · 1,656
Purpose-built flat6.8% · 198
Converted house1.3% · 38
Other conversion1.9% · 56
Above shop / office1.6% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005157- Council
- Burnley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Padiham & Burnley West
- Constituency
- Burnley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 15
Parishes in the ward
Padiham
Other wards in the same constituency
BBank Hall14.0% aged 65+ · 38.6% owned6,795BBriercliffe21.7% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned5,562BBrunshaw19.8% aged 65+ · 52.5% owned6,265CCliviger with Worsthorne31.9% aged 65+ · 86.2% owned5,070CCoal Clough with Deerplay22.4% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned5,261DDaneshouse with Stoneyholme6.4% aged 65+ · 44.1% owned7,893GGannow18.0% aged 65+ · 60.7% owned5,911HHapton with Park18.7% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned6,380LLanehead18.6% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned6,779QQueensgate15.1% aged 65+ · 56.9% owned6,680RRosegrove with Lowerhouse16.1% aged 65+ · 55.5% owned7,097RRosehill with Burnley Wood16.7% aged 65+ · 59.1% owned6,658TTrinity13.8% aged 65+ · 44.9% owned6,066WWhittlefield with Ightenhill23.6% aged 65+ · 81.1% owned5,850
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.