Electoral wardE05014897
Lower Lune Valley ward, Lancaster
Lower Lune Valley is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,533 residents in 1,972 households — 27 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster Rural East division.
Residents, 20214,533council ward average 5,293
Households1,9722.3 residents per household
Density27/ km²about 166.04 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+28.7%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 182
5–95.2% · 235
10–156.6% · 300
16–193.4% · 156
20–244.1% · 184
25–348.4% · 379
35–4916.6% · 753
50–6423.1% · 1,047
65–7414.8% · 672
75–849.8% · 444
85+4.1% · 184
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.5% · 167
1 car or van39.5% · 780
2 cars or vans37.7% · 744
3 or more14.4% · 284
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright52.9% · 1,044
With mortgage27.0% · 532
Shared ownership0.9% · 18
Social rented5.2% · 103
Private rented14.0% · 277
Type of home
Detached house38.8% · 765
Semi-detached house39.8% · 785
Terraced house17.3% · 342
Purpose-built flat0.6% · 12
Converted house0.7% · 14
Other conversion1.4% · 28
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 18
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014897- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Rural East
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 26 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Caton-with-LittledaleClaughtonQuernmoreRoeburndaleTatham
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% owned5,584HHeysham South16.5% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned6,235OOverton29.1% 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.