Electoral wardE05014887
Bowerham ward, Lancaster
Bowerham is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,962 residents in 2,022 households — 2,883 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster South East division.
Residents, 20214,962council ward average 5,293
Households2,0222.45 residents per household
Density2,883/ km²about 1.72 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+15.7%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 296
5–96.8% · 339
10–157.4% · 367
16–194.6% · 230
20–248.7% · 430
25–3412.3% · 612
35–4920.1% · 1,000
50–6418.4% · 911
65–748.7% · 430
75–845.3% · 264
85+1.7% · 85
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.5% · 313
1 car or van47.7% · 964
2 cars or vans29.1% · 589
3 or more7.7% · 156
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright39.0% · 789
With mortgage38.8% · 785
Shared ownership0.5% · 11
Social rented3.1% · 62
Private rented18.5% · 375
Type of home
Detached house15.6% · 316
Semi-detached house48.7% · 985
Terraced house30.1% · 609
Purpose-built flat4.4% · 89
Converted house0.5% · 11
Other conversion0.3% · 7
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014887- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster South East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 27
Other wards in the same constituency
BBulk11.5% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned9,505CCastle8.9% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned3,535EEllel20.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned3,676JJohn O'Gaunt7.3% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned3,628MMarsh13.8% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,575SScale Hall16.5% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned7,979SScotforth East24.4% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned4,257SScotforth West18.4% aged 65+ · 65.4% owned5,212SSkerton14.2% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned6,941UUniversity5.3% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned5,747
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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.