Electoral wardE05014895
Heysham South ward, Lancaster
Heysham South is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,235 residents in 2,583 households — 2,366 people per km², the 9th 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, 20216,235council ward average 5,293
Households2,5832.41 residents per household
Density2,366/ km²about 2.64 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+16.5%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 21.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 395
5–97.8% · 485
10–157.7% · 482
16–193.9% · 246
20–245.3% · 332
25–3412.8% · 801
35–4919.6% · 1,226
50–6419.9% · 1,244
65–749.4% · 587
75–845.2% · 324
85+1.9% · 121
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.6% · 376
1 car or van43.2% · 1,114
2 cars or vans33.0% · 852
3 or more9.2% · 236
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright33.5% · 864
With mortgage38.1% · 983
Shared ownership0.2% · 6
Social rented10.3% · 266
Private rented17.8% · 458
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.1% · 828
Semi-detached house45.7% · 1,181
Terraced house10.1% · 260
Purpose-built flat8.7% · 225
Converted house1.9% · 48
Other conversion0.2% · 6
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile1.1% · 28
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014895- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Heysham
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 27
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 Central25.2% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,692HHeysham North18.1% aged 65+ · 54.9% owned5,584LLower 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.