Electoral wardE05014893
Heysham Central ward, Lancaster
Heysham Central is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,692 residents in 2,071 households — 2,850 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Heysham division.
Residents, 20214,692council ward average 5,293
Households2,0712.27 residents per household
Density2,850/ km²about 1.65 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+25.2%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 238
5–95.5% · 259
10–156.8% · 320
16–193.5% · 166
20–244.1% · 194
25–3410.2% · 480
35–4917.0% · 796
50–6422.5% · 1,054
65–7412.5% · 584
75–849.4% · 442
85+3.3% · 155
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.0% · 352
1 car or van42.8% · 887
2 cars or vans30.4% · 629
3 or more9.8% · 203
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright45.0% · 932
With mortgage33.7% · 698
Shared ownership0.1% · 3
Social rented5.8% · 120
Private rented15.4% · 318
Type of home
Detached house20.2% · 418
Semi-detached house58.3% · 1,207
Terraced house10.6% · 219
Purpose-built flat5.6% · 116
Converted house3.2% · 66
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 13
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014893- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Heysham
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 27
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBare35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,904BBolton & Slyne32.1% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned7,241CCarnforth & Millhead23.3% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned5,519HHalton-with-Aughton & Kellet26.2% aged 65+ · 83.9% owned5,165HHeysham 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.