Electoral wardE05014898
Marsh ward, Lancaster
Marsh is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 8,575 residents in 3,651 households — 2,124 people per km², the 2nd 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 division.
Residents, 20218,575council ward average 5,293
Households3,6512.35 residents per household
Density2,124/ km²about 4.04 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+13.8%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 441
5–95.2% · 450
10–156.0% · 511
16–195.2% · 444
20–2412.2% · 1,047
25–3415.9% · 1,367
35–4918.2% · 1,560
50–6418.3% · 1,574
65–747.8% · 669
75–844.3% · 367
85+1.7% · 148
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.4% · 1,110
1 car or van44.1% · 1,611
2 cars or vans20.8% · 758
3 or more4.7% · 172
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright29.2% · 1,065
With mortgage29.5% · 1,078
Shared ownership1.9% · 68
Social rented14.3% · 523
Private rented25.1% · 917
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house16.3% · 593
Semi-detached house20.6% · 753
Terraced house44.9% · 1,637
Purpose-built flat14.3% · 522
Converted house1.8% · 66
Other conversion1.7% · 61
Above shop / office0.4% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014898- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Central
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 16 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% owned3,676JJohn O'Gaunt7.3% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned3,628SScale 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.