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Lancashire County Council

Local authority area: Lancashire

Lancashire is a county council, in the North West England region of England. It covers 2,903.2 km² and had 1,253,154 residents in 2022 — about 432 people per km².

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Lancashire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 20221,253,154+6.6% since 2012
Land area2,903.2km²1,121.0 sq mi
Density432/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#4of 382 UK councils · #4 in England
Population estimates3 data points
1.2M1.2M1.3M
201220182022
Elections

82 county electoral divisions

Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.

DivisionDistrictWardsResidents
Accrington NorthHyndburn631,047
Accrington SouthHyndburn417,787
Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle CentralHyndburn421,570
Brierfield & Nelson WestPendle435,674
Burnley Central EastBurnley320,953
Burnley Central WestBurnley317,827
Burnley North EastBurnley320,254
Burnley RuralBurnley317,290
Burnley South WestBurnley424,927
Burscough & RuffordWest Lancashire320,416
Chorley CentralChorley433,672
Chorley NorthChorley431,157
Chorley Rural EastChorley324,320
Chorley Rural WestChorley216,807
Chorley SouthChorley216,830
Clayton with WhittleChorley327,915
Cleveleys EastWyre417,578
Cleveleys South & CarletonWyre419,296
ClitheroeRibble Valley517,140
Euxton, Buckshaw & AstleyChorley435,281
Fleetwood EastWyre315,128
Fleetwood West & Cleveleys WestWyre315,682
Fylde EastFylde317,349
Fylde SouthFylde417,658
Fylde WestFylde522,003
Great Harwood, Rishton & Clayton-le-MoorsHyndburn527,623
HeyshamLancaster419,002
Hoghton with WheeltonChorley324,809
Lancaster CentralLancaster524,626
Lancaster EastLancaster316,668
Lancaster Rural EastLancaster420,315
Lancaster Rural NorthLancaster415,107
Lancaster South EastLancaster729,802
Leyland CentralSouth Ribble314,720
Leyland SouthSouth Ribble313,259
Longridge with BowlandRibble Valley917,678
Lostock Hall & Bamber BridgeSouth Ribble420,098
LythamFylde416,318
Mid-RossendaleRossendale320,734
Morecambe CentralLancaster318,986
Morecambe NorthLancaster321,086
Morecambe SouthLancaster423,195
Moss Side & FaringtonSouth Ribble417,333
Nelson EastPendle439,093
OrmskirkWest Lancashire326,994
OswaldtwistleHyndburn314,787
Padiham & Burnley WestBurnley318,021
Pendle CentralPendle324,977
Pendle HillPendle424,783
Pendle RuralPendle540,298
Penwortham East & Walton-le-DaleSouth Ribble315,996
Penwortham WestSouth Ribble424,386
Poulton-le-FyldeWyre314,900
Preston Central EastPreston438,539
Preston Central WestPreston548,920
Preston CityPreston440,823
Preston EastPreston326,505
Preston NorthPreston434,268
Preston RuralPreston215,743
Preston South EastPreston329,288
Preston South WestPreston217,940
Preston WestPreston217,764
Ribble Valley North EastRibble Valley916,889
Ribble Valley South WestRibble Valley818,872
Rossendale EastRossendale426,578
Rossendale SouthRossendale430,034
Rossendale WestRossendale321,492
Skelmersdale CentralWest Lancashire435,454
Skelmersdale EastWest Lancashire324,651
Skelmersdale WestWest Lancashire431,672
SkertonLancaster214,920
South Ribble EastSouth Ribble418,062
South Ribble WestSouth Ribble314,732
St. Annes NorthFylde316,290
St. Annes SouthFylde527,464
Thornton & HambletonWyre419,804
West Lancashire EastWest Lancashire539,915
West Lancashire NorthWest Lancashire321,055
West Lancashire WestWest Lancashire321,861
Whitworth & BacupRossendale321,636
Wyre Rural CentralWyre414,984
Wyre Rural EastWyre416,354
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Council offices

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

CLancashire County CouncilCouncil office · Preston PR1 8XJ · hours listed
Source: Wikidata Q21279371 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.