Electoral wardE05013070
Chorley South East & Heath Charnock ward, Chorley
Chorley South East & Heath Charnock is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,435 residents in 4,032 households — 868 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chorley constituency; for county elections it is in the Chorley Central and Chorley Rural East divisions.
Residents, 20219,435council ward average 8,409
Households4,0322.34 residents per household
Density868/ km²about 10.87 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+20.2%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 18.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 492
5–96.1% · 575
10–157.4% · 700
16–193.8% · 361
20–244.3% · 403
25–3412.2% · 1,152
35–4919.4% · 1,831
50–6421.4% · 2,017
65–7410.5% · 993
75–847.4% · 698
85+2.3% · 213
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.0% · 685
1 car or van39.9% · 1,610
2 cars or vans32.0% · 1,290
3 or more11.1% · 448
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright36.2% · 1,459
With mortgage36.8% · 1,485
Shared ownership0.6% · 23
Social rented12.8% · 518
Private rented13.5% · 545
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house28.0% · 1,129
Semi-detached house35.9% · 1,446
Terraced house26.2% · 1,055
Purpose-built flat8.9% · 357
Converted house0.6% · 26
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013070- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley Central, Chorley Rural East
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Heath Charnock
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 & 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 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.