Electoral wardE05013076
Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard ward, Chorley
Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,255 residents in 3,147 households — 306 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the South Ribble constituency; for county elections it is in the Chorley Rural West division.
Residents, 20217,255council ward average 8,409
Households3,1472.31 residents per household
Density306/ km²about 23.68 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+27.3%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 296
5–95.4% · 392
10–156.5% · 475
16–193.7% · 272
20–243.7% · 269
25–348.4% · 611
35–4917.4% · 1,260
50–6423.4% · 1,698
65–7414.6% · 1,061
75–8410.0% · 729
85+2.6% · 191
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.2% · 257
1 car or van36.4% · 1,147
2 cars or vans39.4% · 1,239
3 or more16.0% · 504
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.
Owned outright49.3% · 1,552
With mortgage34.6% · 1,090
Shared ownership1.2% · 38
Social rented5.9% · 187
Private rented8.9% · 279
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house41.9% · 1,320
Semi-detached house42.3% · 1,330
Terraced house13.4% · 422
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 45
Converted house0.3% · 9
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.3% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013076- Council
- Chorley Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Chorley Rural West
- Constituency
- South Ribble
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 14
Parishes in the ward
Charnock RichardEcclestonHeskin
Other wards in the same constituency
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.