Electoral wardE05014889
Carnforth & Millhead ward, Lancaster
Carnforth & Millhead is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,519 residents in 2,442 households — 909 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster Rural North division.
Residents, 20215,519council ward average 5,293
Households2,4422.26 residents per household
Density909/ km²about 6.07 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+23.3%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.0% · 277
5–95.2% · 289
10–157.7% · 422
16–193.5% · 192
20–244.4% · 241
25–3411.6% · 638
35–4917.6% · 970
50–6421.8% · 1,200
65–7412.6% · 695
75–847.5% · 416
85+3.2% · 175
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.3% · 375
1 car or van44.4% · 1,085
2 cars or vans30.6% · 749
3 or more9.7% · 236
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 1,042
With mortgage32.7% · 799
Shared ownership0.6% · 14
Social rented7.6% · 187
Private rented16.5% · 404
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house23.9% · 585
Semi-detached house29.0% · 709
Terraced house36.7% · 898
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 136
Converted house0.6% · 15
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office1.2% · 29
Caravan, mobile2.7% · 65
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014889- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Rural North
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 27
Parishes in the ward
CarnforthWarton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBare35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,904BBolton & Slyne32.1% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned7,241HHalton-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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.