Electoral wardE05014900
Poulton ward, Lancaster
Poulton is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,897 residents in 2,648 households — 4,919 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Morecambe Central and Morecambe South divisions.
Residents, 20215,897council ward average 5,293
Households2,6482.23 residents per household
Density4,919/ km²about 1.20 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+18.8%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.1% · 359
5–96.4% · 375
10–157.8% · 462
16–194.4% · 259
20–246.1% · 358
25–3412.5% · 740
35–4918.3% · 1,081
50–6419.7% · 1,162
65–749.8% · 576
75–845.9% · 350
85+3.1% · 182
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van41.5% · 1,098
1 car or van41.2% · 1,091
2 cars or vans13.5% · 358
3 or more3.8% · 100
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright25.0% · 662
With mortgage21.0% · 558
Shared ownership0.9% · 23
Social rented10.8% · 286
Private rented42.4% · 1,124
Type of home
Detached house3.9% · 103
Semi-detached house19.9% · 526
Terraced house39.8% · 1,053
Purpose-built flat21.2% · 562
Converted house9.7% · 257
Other conversion1.8% · 47
Above shop / office3.6% · 94
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014900- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Morecambe Central, Morecambe South
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Morecambe
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% owned4,533OOverton29.1% aged 65+ · 80.1% owned2,491SSilverdale39.5% 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.