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Heysham North ward, Lancaster

Heysham North is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,584 residents in 2,461 households — 6,444 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Heysham and Morecambe Central divisions.

Residents, 20215,584council ward average 5,293
Households2,4612.27 residents per household
Density6,444/ km²about 0.87 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+18.1%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.0% · 336
5–96.5% · 361
10–157.4% · 411
16–194.1% · 227
20–245.6% · 311
25–3413.2% · 735
35–4918.9% · 1,056
50–6420.4% · 1,139
65–749.9% · 555
75–845.4% · 302
85+2.7% · 153

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van31.6% · 776
1 car or van45.6% · 1,121
2 cars or vans18.5% · 454
3 or more4.4% · 108
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.

Owned outright28.7% · 705
With mortgage26.3% · 646
Shared ownership1.3% · 32
Social rented4.7% · 115
Private rented39.1% · 961
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house4.3% · 106
Semi-detached house29.1% · 717
Terraced house29.4% · 725
Purpose-built flat20.6% · 508
Converted house14.8% · 365
Other conversion0.8% · 20
Above shop / office0.8% · 19
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
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.