Electoral wardE05014899
Overton ward, Lancaster
Overton is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,491 residents in 1,106 households — 105 people per km², the 24th 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, 20212,491council ward average 5,293
Households1,1062.25 residents per household
Density105/ km²about 23.68 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+29.1%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 14.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 99
5–94.7% · 117
10–156.3% · 156
16–194.1% · 103
20–244.0% · 99
25–349.5% · 237
35–4915.5% · 387
50–6422.8% · 568
65–7415.4% · 384
75–8411.1% · 277
85+2.6% · 65
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.1% · 123
1 car or van46.5% · 515
2 cars or vans31.0% · 343
3 or more11.5% · 127
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright50.5% · 560
With mortgage29.6% · 328
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented2.1% · 23
Private rented17.6% · 195
Type of home
Detached house29.4% · 326
Semi-detached house39.3% · 435
Terraced house13.7% · 152
Purpose-built flat3.8% · 42
Converted house0.5% · 5
Other conversion0.5% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 4
Caravan, mobile12.5% · 139
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014899- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Heysham
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Heaton-with-OxcliffeMiddletonOverton
Council offices in this ward
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% owned6,235LLower Lune Valley28.7% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned4,533PPoulton18.8% 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 1 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.