Electoral wardE05014886
Bolton & Slyne ward, Lancaster
Bolton & Slyne is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,241 residents in 3,232 households — 486 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Morecambe North division.
Residents, 20217,241council ward average 5,293
Households3,2322.24 residents per household
Density486/ km²about 14.91 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+32.1%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 265
5–94.6% · 334
10–155.6% · 408
16–193.6% · 258
20–244.0% · 291
25–347.8% · 564
35–4914.9% · 1,077
50–6423.8% · 1,727
65–7416.8% · 1,220
75–8411.0% · 798
85+4.3% · 309
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van9.6% · 311
1 car or van39.9% · 1,290
2 cars or vans36.4% · 1,178
3 or more14.0% · 454
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright57.3% · 1,852
With mortgage31.2% · 1,009
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented2.6% · 84
Private rented8.4% · 272
Type of home
Detached house42.5% · 1,375
Semi-detached house43.6% · 1,410
Terraced house7.9% · 256
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 79
Converted house1.9% · 63
Other conversion0.6% · 20
Above shop / office0.5% · 16
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014886- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Morecambe North
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Bolton-le-SandsSlyne-with-Hest
Other wards in the same constituency
BBare35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,904CCarnforth & Millhead23.3% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned5,519HHalton-with-Aughton & Kellet26.2% aged 65+ · 83.9% owned5,165HHeysham Central25.2% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,692HHeysham North18.1% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned5,584HHeysham South16.5% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned6,235LLower Lune Valley28.7% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned4,533OOverton29.1% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,491PPoulton18.8% aged 65+ · 46.0% owned5,897SSilverdale39.5% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned2,098SSkerton14.2% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned6,941TTorrisholme37.6% aged 65+ · 85.6% owned3,804UUpper Lune Valley30.5% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned2,320WWarton30.0% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned2,325
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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.