Electoral wardE05005220
St Oswald's ward, Hyndburn
St Oswald's is one of 16 electoral wards of Hyndburn Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,066 residents in 2,622 households — 737 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hyndburn constituency; for county elections it is in the Oswaldtwistle division.
Residents, 20216,066council ward average 5,140
Households2,6222.31 residents per household
Density737/ km²about 8.23 km² · Hyndburn 1,126
Aged 65+23.3%Hyndburn: 18.2% · under 16: 15.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 290
5–95.1% · 310
10–155.8% · 352
16–193.7% · 226
20–244.6% · 278
25–3411.8% · 717
35–4916.6% · 1,008
50–6424.2% · 1,471
65–7412.9% · 784
75–848.0% · 487
85+2.4% · 145
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.3% · 323
1 car or van45.3% · 1,189
2 cars or vans32.5% · 853
3 or more9.8% · 257
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hyndburn overall: 63.1% owned, 13.6% social rented, 23.1% private rented.
Owned outright45.8% · 1,202
With mortgage40.7% · 1,068
Social rented1.8% · 47
Private rented11.6% · 304
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house12.4% · 326
Semi-detached house54.2% · 1,422
Terraced house32.6% · 856
Purpose-built flat0.3% · 9
Converted house0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05005220- Council
- Hyndburn Borough Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Oswaldtwistle
- Constituency
- Hyndburn
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 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% owned6,177CChurch13.2% aged 65+ · 47.7% owned5,384CClayton-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% owned5,587
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.