Electoral wardE05014903
Scotforth West ward, Lancaster
Scotforth West is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,212 residents in 2,146 households — 1,049 people per km², the 14th 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 and Lancaster South East divisions.
Residents, 20215,212council ward average 5,293
Households2,1462.43 residents per household
Density1,049/ km²about 4.97 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+18.4%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 16.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 204
5–94.0% · 211
10–158.0% · 419
16–196.8% · 354
20–2410.7% · 560
25–3411.7% · 610
35–4917.4% · 908
50–6419.0% · 989
65–749.2% · 481
75–846.2% · 325
85+2.9% · 151
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.1% · 538
1 car or van43.3% · 928
2 cars or vans24.4% · 524
3 or more7.2% · 154
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright38.3% · 821
With mortgage27.2% · 583
Shared ownership2.1% · 44
Social rented7.8% · 168
Private rented24.7% · 530
Type of home
Detached house22.3% · 480
Semi-detached house22.0% · 472
Terraced house36.2% · 778
Purpose-built flat14.9% · 321
Converted house1.4% · 31
Other conversion2.7% · 57
Above shop / office0.5% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014903- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Central, Lancaster South East
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Aldcliffe-with-Stodday
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 East24.4% aged 65+ · 73.0% owned4,257SSkerton14.2% 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.