Electoral wardE05013064
Adlington & Anderton ward, Chorley
Adlington & Anderton is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,902 residents in 3,506 households — 249 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chorley constituency; for county elections it is in the Chorley Rural East division.
Residents, 20217,902council ward average 8,409
Households3,5062.25 residents per household
Density249/ km²about 31.75 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+22.6%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 399
5–95.3% · 421
10–156.9% · 542
16–194.0% · 320
20–243.9% · 310
25–3411.3% · 895
35–4919.6% · 1,545
50–6421.3% · 1,687
65–7412.1% · 958
75–847.9% · 625
85+2.5% · 200
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.1% · 496
1 car or van43.5% · 1,526
2 cars or vans32.5% · 1,140
3 or more9.8% · 344
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright41.0% · 1,436
With mortgage33.7% · 1,181
Shared ownership0.3% · 9
Social rented9.6% · 337
Private rented15.5% · 543
Type of home
Detached house28.6% · 1,002
Semi-detached house35.6% · 1,247
Terraced house28.8% · 1,008
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 150
Converted house0.8% · 27
Other conversion0.4% · 13
Above shop / office0.5% · 19
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 40
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013064- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley Rural East
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 14
Parishes in the ward
AdlingtonAndertonAnglezarkeRivington
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuckshaw & Whittle11.1% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned10,089CChorley East16.4% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,467CChorley North & Astley24.1% aged 65+ · 61.3% owned7,954CChorley North East21.5% aged 65+ · 82.4% owned6,983CChorley North West25.1% aged 65+ · 66.1% owned7,753CChorley South East & Heath Charnock20.2% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned9,435CChorley South West14.2% aged 65+ · 60.9% owned8,530CClayton East, Brindle & Hoghton19.9% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned9,100CClayton West & Cuerden21.8% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned8,726CCoppull21.0% aged 65+ · 72.7% owned8,300EEuxton23.4% aged 65+ · 84.9% owned7,686
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.