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Chorley Borough Council

Local authority area: Chorley

Chorley is a district council in Lancashire, in the North West England region of England. It covers 202.8 km² and had 118,624 residents in 2022 — about 585 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Chorley.

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Town hall in the administrative centreChorley Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Chorley, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022118,624+8.7% since 2012

Land area202.8km²78.3 sq mi

Density585/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#265of 382 UK councils · #225 in England

Population estimates4 data points

109.1K113K116.8K118.6K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Chorley became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Lancashire

All councils in North West

Preston151,582 Lancaster144,446 West Lancashire119,367 Wyre114,809 South Ribble112,166 Pendle96,110 Burnley95,553 Hyndburn83,213 Fylde83,008 Rossendale71,169 Ribble Valley63,107

Elections

14 electoral wards

Census 2021: 117,732 residents in 50,132 households across the wards; 20.5% aged 65+, 72.1% of homes owned, 14.6% of households without a car.

1Buckshaw & Whittle4,132 households · 11.1% aged 65+10,089 2Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South3,211 households · 22.1% aged 65+9,552 3Chorley South East & Heath Charnock4,032 households · 20.2% aged 65+9,435 4Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton3,996 households · 19.9% aged 65+9,100 5Clayton West & Cuerden3,717 households · 21.8% aged 65+8,726 6Chorley South West3,540 households · 14.2% aged 65+8,530

All wards of Chorley

Westminster

Constituencies

Chorley · 12 wards South Ribble · 2 wards

Source: Wikidata Q894081 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.