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Lytham West ward, Fylde

Lytham West is one of 17 electoral wards of Fylde Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,870 residents in 2,094 households — 1,341 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Fylde constituency; for county elections it is in the Lytham division.

Residents, 20213,870council ward average 4,787
Households2,0941.85 residents per household
Density1,341/ km²about 2.89 km² · Fylde 491
Aged 65+43.8%Fylde: 27.8% · under 16: 7.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–42.0% · 78
5–92.0% · 79
10–153.5% · 134
16–192.7% · 104
20–242.8% · 110
25–346.7% · 258
35–4910.9% · 424
50–6425.6% · 991
65–7418.1% · 700
75–8417.1% · 661
85+8.6% · 334

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van19.0% · 398
1 car or van50.6% · 1,059
2 cars or vans23.9% · 500
3 or more6.5% · 135
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Fylde overall: 71.7% owned, 8.3% social rented, 19.2% private rented.

Owned outright55.0% · 1,151
With mortgage18.8% · 393
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented2.6% · 54
Private rented23.5% · 492

Type of home

Detached house35.6% · 746
Semi-detached house12.0% · 251
Terraced house24.5% · 514
Purpose-built flat14.5% · 303
Converted house9.1% · 190
Other conversion1.2% · 26
Above shop / office2.9% · 60
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.