Electoral wardE05014888
Bulk ward, Lancaster
Bulk is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 9,505 residents in 3,617 households — 2,699 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster East division.
Residents, 20219,505council ward average 5,293
Households3,6172.63 residents per household
Density2,699/ km²about 3.52 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+11.5%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 446
5–94.7% · 447
10–156.8% · 644
16–196.2% · 593
20–2415.3% · 1,455
25–3415.0% · 1,427
35–4920.2% · 1,922
50–6415.5% · 1,473
65–747.3% · 696
75–842.8% · 270
85+1.4% · 131
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van32.0% · 1,159
1 car or van44.3% · 1,604
2 cars or vans19.7% · 711
3 or more4.0% · 144
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright25.0% · 904
With mortgage28.7% · 1,038
Shared ownership1.0% · 37
Social rented20.6% · 746
Private rented24.3% · 881
Lives rent free0.4% · 13
Type of home
Detached house8.4% · 304
Semi-detached house22.6% · 819
Terraced house45.5% · 1,647
Purpose-built flat17.5% · 634
Converted house0.8% · 28
Other conversion4.4% · 161
Above shop / office0.7% · 25
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014888- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 27
Other wards in the same constituency
BBowerham15.7% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned4,962CCastle8.9% 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.