Electoral wardE05014902
Scotforth East ward, Lancaster
Scotforth East is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 4,257 residents in 1,841 households — 3,276 people per km², the 19th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster South East division.
Residents, 20214,257council ward average 5,293
Households1,8412.31 residents per household
Density3,276/ km²about 1.30 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+24.4%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 202
5–95.7% · 244
10–156.9% · 295
16–193.8% · 162
20–246.5% · 275
25–349.4% · 401
35–4918.8% · 799
50–6419.7% · 840
65–7412.8% · 544
75–848.0% · 340
85+3.7% · 156
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.2% · 408
1 car or van43.9% · 808
2 cars or vans26.1% · 480
3 or more7.8% · 144
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright44.0% · 810
With mortgage29.0% · 535
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented16.1% · 297
Private rented10.6% · 195
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house27.4% · 504
Semi-detached house49.2% · 906
Terraced house10.7% · 198
Purpose-built flat11.4% · 210
Converted house0.4% · 8
Other conversion0.4% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014902- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster South East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 9 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% owned3,628MMarsh13.8% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,575SScale Hall16.5% aged 65+ · 58.8% owned7,979SScotforth 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.