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Electoral wardE05013077

Euxton ward, Chorley

Euxton is one of 14 electoral wards of Chorley Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,686 residents in 3,244 households — 1,115 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chorley constituency; for county elections it is in the Euxton, Buckshaw & Astley division.

Residents, 20217,686council ward average 8,409
Households3,2442.37 residents per household
Density1,115/ km²about 6.89 km² · Chorley 581
Aged 65+23.4%Chorley: 20.5% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.8% · 371
5–95.5% · 426
10–157.2% · 550
16–194.2% · 321
20–244.1% · 318
25–3410.3% · 792
35–4918.9% · 1,452
50–6421.5% · 1,655
65–7413.6% · 1,049
75–847.7% · 595
85+2.0% · 156

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van8.9% · 290
1 car or van38.5% · 1,248
2 cars or vans40.7% · 1,320
3 or more11.9% · 386
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Chorley overall: 72.1% owned, 13.2% social rented, 13.9% private rented.

Owned outright45.7% · 1,483
With mortgage39.2% · 1,271
Shared ownership0.9% · 28
Social rented6.5% · 211
Private rented7.7% · 251

Type of home

Detached house37.9% · 1,229
Semi-detached house49.6% · 1,611
Terraced house10.4% · 336
Purpose-built flat1.4% · 46
Converted house0.1% · 4
Other conversion0.3% · 11
Above shop / office0.2% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
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.