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Hyndburn Borough Council

Local authority area: Hyndburn

Hyndburn is a district council in Lancashire, in the North West England region of England. It covers 73.0 km² and had 83,213 residents in 2022 — about 1,140 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Accrington.

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Town hall in the administrative centreAccrington Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Hyndburn, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202283,213+3.8% since 2012

Land area73.0km²28.2 sq mi

Density1,140/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#352of 382 UK councils · #296 in England

Population estimates4 data points

80.2K80.2K80.8K83.2K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Hyndburn became a local authority area.

Borders

Neighbouring councils

RRibble ValleyDistrict council63,107

Same county

Other councils in Lancashire

All councils in North West

Preston151,582 Lancaster144,446 West Lancashire119,367 Chorley118,624 Wyre114,809 South Ribble112,166 Pendle96,110 Burnley95,553 Fylde83,008 Rossendale71,169 Ribble Valley63,107

Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 82,235 residents in 34,790 households across the wards; 18.2% aged 65+, 63.1% of homes owned, 25.4% of households without a car.

1Rishton2,996 households · 20.1% aged 65+6,656 2Overton2,837 households · 20.9% aged 65+6,274 3Central1,868 households · 9.0% aged 65+6,177 4St Oswald's2,622 households · 23.3% aged 65+6,066 5Spring Hill1,961 households · 11.1% aged 65+5,587 6Altham2,134 households · 15.9% aged 65+5,445

All wards of Hyndburn

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CHyndburn Borough CouncilCouncil office · Accrington BB5 0PF · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Hyndburn · 16 wards

Source: Wikidata Q1640713 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.