Electoral wardE05014896
John O'Gaunt ward, Lancaster
John O'Gaunt is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,628 residents in 1,481 households — 9,034 people per km², the 22nd 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 and Lancaster South East divisions.
Residents, 20213,628council ward average 5,293
Households1,4812.45 residents per household
Density9,034/ km²about 0.40 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+7.3%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 9.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 130
5–92.8% · 101
10–152.9% · 106
16–198.5% · 309
20–2433.9% · 1,230
25–3416.4% · 593
35–4913.8% · 501
50–6410.8% · 391
65–744.3% · 156
75–842.1% · 75
85+0.9% · 33
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.9% · 561
1 car or van42.7% · 633
2 cars or vans14.6% · 217
3 or more4.8% · 71
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright21.8% · 323
With mortgage18.6% · 275
Shared ownership0.3% · 5
Social rented7.0% · 103
Private rented52.1% · 771
Lives rent free0.3% · 4
Type of home
Detached house2.2% · 33
Semi-detached house3.8% · 57
Terraced house86.4% · 1,281
Purpose-built flat5.5% · 81
Converted house1.0% · 15
Other conversion0.4% · 6
Above shop / office0.6% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014896- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Central, Lancaster East, Lancaster South East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 27
Other wards in the same constituency
BBowerham15.7% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned4,962BBulk11.5% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned9,505CCastle8.9% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned3,535EEllel20.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned3,676MMarsh13.8% 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.