Electoral wardE05013066
Chorley East ward, Chorley
Chorley East is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,467 residents in 3,748 households — 2,604 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chorley constituency; for county elections it is in the Chorley North division.
Residents, 20218,467council ward average 8,409
Households3,7482.26 residents per household
Density2,604/ km²about 3.25 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+16.4%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 508
5–96.7% · 565
10–157.5% · 635
16–194.1% · 344
20–245.8% · 494
25–3414.5% · 1,227
35–4919.3% · 1,636
50–6419.7% · 1,671
65–749.2% · 780
75–845.5% · 463
85+1.7% · 141
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van26.5% · 992
1 car or van44.5% · 1,668
2 cars or vans22.8% · 856
3 or more6.2% · 232
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright28.4% · 1,063
With mortgage30.4% · 1,139
Shared ownership0.5% · 17
Social rented19.7% · 737
Private rented21.0% · 789
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house12.6% · 472
Semi-detached house27.2% · 1,021
Terraced house48.3% · 1,810
Purpose-built flat8.8% · 331
Converted house1.3% · 49
Other conversion0.4% · 15
Above shop / office1.3% · 47
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013066- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley North
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 2 of 14
Other wards in the same constituency
AAdlington & Anderton22.6% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned7,902BBuckshaw & Whittle11.1% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned10,089CChorley 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.