Electoral wardE05013071
Chorley South West ward, Chorley
Chorley South West is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,530 residents in 3,540 households — 3,004 people per km², the 6th 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 South divisions.
Residents, 20218,530council ward average 8,409
Households3,5402.41 residents per household
Density3,004/ km²about 2.84 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+14.2%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 21.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.7% · 483
5–97.0% · 596
10–158.8% · 747
16–194.6% · 392
20–245.0% · 429
25–3413.9% · 1,188
35–4920.4% · 1,737
50–6420.4% · 1,743
65–748.4% · 718
75–844.2% · 360
85+1.6% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 616
1 car or van41.0% · 1,452
2 cars or vans32.9% · 1,163
3 or more8.7% · 309
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright24.1% · 852
With mortgage36.8% · 1,304
Shared ownership1.0% · 34
Social rented22.7% · 803
Private rented15.4% · 545
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house24.6% · 872
Semi-detached house36.0% · 1,274
Terraced house25.1% · 890
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 471
Converted house0.7% · 25
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013071- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley Central, Chorley South
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 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 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% owned9,435CClayton 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.