Electoral wardE05014545
Kirkham ward, Fylde
Kirkham is one of 17 electoral wards of Fylde Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,884 residents in 3,334 households — 1,984 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Fylde constituency; for county elections it is in the Fylde East division.
Residents, 20217,884council ward average 4,787
Households3,3342.36 residents per household
Density1,984/ km²about 3.97 km² · Fylde 491
Aged 65+21.6%Fylde: 27.8% · under 16: 15.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 353
5–94.8% · 379
10–155.9% · 462
16–194.1% · 327
20–244.7% · 369
25–3413.2% · 1,038
35–4919.3% · 1,521
50–6422.0% · 1,734
65–7411.3% · 890
75–847.7% · 605
85+2.6% · 206
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.2% · 641
1 car or van42.9% · 1,431
2 cars or vans29.6% · 986
3 or more8.3% · 275
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Fylde overall: 71.7% owned, 8.3% social rented, 19.2% private rented.
Owned outright38.4% · 1,283
With mortgage31.3% · 1,046
Shared ownership1.3% · 44
Social rented11.7% · 392
Private rented17.1% · 571
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house26.9% · 896
Semi-detached house35.3% · 1,178
Terraced house26.1% · 869
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 299
Converted house1.0% · 35
Other conversion0.4% · 12
Above shop / office1.0% · 34
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014545- Council
- Fylde Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Fylde East
- Constituency
- Fylde
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 17
Parishes in the ward
Kirkham
Other wards in the same constituency
AAnsdell & Fairhaven32.6% aged 65+ · 76.3% owned4,166AAshton20.4% aged 65+ · 60.8% owned5,808CCarnegie37.6% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned4,323FFreckleton Village31.6% aged 65+ · 82.0% owned4,101HHeyhouses32.3% aged 65+ · 71.2% owned7,920KKilgrimol34.3% aged 65+ · 59.8% owned5,235KKilnhouse31.1% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned5,247LLytham East21.9% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned4,614LLytham West43.8% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned3,870MMedlar-with-Wesham14.8% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned4,474PPark37.6% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned3,668RRural East Fylde24.4% aged 65+ · 76.6% owned4,991RRural North Fylde29.8% aged 65+ · 82.7% owned3,047SStaining16.3% aged 65+ · 65.9% owned3,468
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.