Electoral wardE05014901
Scale Hall ward, Lancaster
Scale Hall is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 7,979 residents in 3,346 households — 3,499 people per km², the 3rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Skerton division.
Residents, 20217,979council ward average 5,293
Households3,3462.38 residents per household
Density3,499/ km²about 2.28 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+16.5%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 21.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 504
5–97.1% · 566
10–157.8% · 620
16–194.7% · 378
20–245.4% · 430
25–3413.1% · 1,043
35–4918.3% · 1,458
50–6420.9% · 1,671
65–749.2% · 736
75–845.3% · 421
85+2.0% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van28.5% · 955
1 car or van40.1% · 1,342
2 cars or vans23.6% · 791
3 or more7.8% · 261
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright28.0% · 936
With mortgage30.8% · 1,029
Shared ownership0.4% · 12
Social rented28.6% · 956
Private rented11.9% · 397
Lives rent free0.3% · 11
Type of home
Detached house14.1% · 473
Semi-detached house57.1% · 1,909
Terraced house15.2% · 508
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 417
Converted house0.6% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014901- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Skerton
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 7 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Heaton-with-OxcliffeMorecambe
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% owned3,628MMarsh13.8% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,575SScotforth 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.