Electoral wardE05005210
Church ward, Hyndburn
Church is one of 16 electoral wards of Hyndburn Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,384 residents in 2,123 households — 2,469 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hyndburn constituency; for county elections it is in the Accrington North and Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central divisions.
Residents, 20215,384council ward average 5,140
Households2,1232.54 residents per household
Density2,469/ km²about 2.18 km² · Hyndburn 1,126
Aged 65+13.2%Hyndburn: 18.2% · under 16: 25.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.6% · 410
5–98.0% · 433
10–159.4% · 503
16–195.9% · 320
20–245.9% · 319
25–3415.1% · 812
35–4919.2% · 1,035
50–6415.6% · 837
65–747.1% · 384
75–844.5% · 240
85+1.6% · 86
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van34.6% · 734
1 car or van43.1% · 915
2 cars or vans17.8% · 379
3 or more4.5% · 96
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hyndburn overall: 63.1% owned, 13.6% social rented, 23.1% private rented.
Owned outright24.5% · 520
With mortgage23.2% · 493
Shared ownership0.0% · 1
Social rented27.0% · 573
Private rented25.1% · 533
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house5.4% · 115
Semi-detached house23.5% · 499
Terraced house58.5% · 1,243
Purpose-built flat11.1% · 236
Converted house0.9% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005210- Council
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Accrington North, Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAltham15.9% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned5,445BBarnfield17.0% aged 65+ · 51.9% owned4,706BBaxenden23.6% aged 65+ · 86.9% owned3,930CCentral9.0% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned6,177CClayton-le-Moors22.7% aged 65+ · 65.2% owned4,505HHuncoat19.3% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned4,697IImmanuel24.9% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned4,299MMilnshaw22.3% aged 65+ · 61.7% owned4,890NNetherton20.2% aged 65+ · 60.2% owned4,743OOverton20.9% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned6,274PPeel12.0% aged 65+ · 46.5% owned4,454RRishton20.1% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned6,656SSpring Hill11.1% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned5,587SSt Andrew's19.9% aged 65+ · 56.4% owned4,422
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.