Electoral wardE05013069
Chorley North & Astley ward, Chorley
Chorley North & Astley is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,954 residents in 3,614 households — 1,929 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chorley constituency; for county elections it is in the Chorley North and Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley and Chorley Central divisions.
Residents, 20217,954council ward average 8,409
Households3,6142.2 residents per household
Density1,929/ km²about 4.12 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+24.1%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 386
5–95.7% · 455
10–156.6% · 528
16–193.9% · 307
20–244.5% · 358
25–3411.6% · 922
35–4917.9% · 1,424
50–6420.9% · 1,659
65–7413.6% · 1,082
75–848.2% · 650
85+2.3% · 183
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 739
1 car or van45.4% · 1,640
2 cars or vans25.8% · 931
3 or more8.4% · 304
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright36.6% · 1,322
With mortgage24.7% · 894
Shared ownership0.5% · 18
Social rented24.5% · 887
Private rented13.6% · 491
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house28.2% · 1,019
Semi-detached house28.1% · 1,015
Terraced house30.5% · 1,101
Purpose-built flat11.4% · 412
Converted house1.0% · 36
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013069- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley North, Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley, Chorley Central
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Astley Village
Other wards in the same constituency
AAdlington & Anderton22.6% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned7,902BBuckshaw & Whittle11.1% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned10,089CChorley East16.4% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,467CChorley 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.