Electoral wardE05014890
Castle ward, Lancaster
Castle is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,535 residents in 1,296 households — 4,904 people per km², the 23rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster Central and Lancaster East divisions.
Residents, 20213,535council ward average 5,293
Households1,2962.73 residents per household
Density4,904/ km²about 0.72 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+8.9%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 6.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.0% · 72
5–91.8% · 64
10–152.7% · 96
16–199.6% · 340
20–2439.8% · 1,406
25–3413.0% · 458
35–4911.7% · 415
50–6410.4% · 369
65–744.7% · 166
75–842.9% · 102
85+1.3% · 47
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van50.0% · 648
1 car or van35.9% · 465
2 cars or vans9.3% · 121
3 or more4.8% · 62
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright20.2% · 261
With mortgage14.0% · 181
Shared ownership0.4% · 5
Social rented12.2% · 158
Private rented53.1% · 687
Lives rent free0.2% · 2
Type of home
Detached house2.5% · 32
Semi-detached house6.5% · 84
Terraced house28.6% · 372
Purpose-built flat42.5% · 552
Converted house8.7% · 113
Other conversion5.7% · 74
Above shop / office5.5% · 71
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014890- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Central, Lancaster East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 27
Other wards in the same constituency
BBowerham15.7% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned4,962BBulk11.5% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned9,505EEllel20.4% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.