Electoral wardE05014904
Silverdale ward, Lancaster
Silverdale is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,098 residents in 957 households — 94 people per km², the 27th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster Rural North division.
Residents, 20212,098council ward average 5,293
Households9572.19 residents per household
Density94/ km²about 22.20 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+39.5%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 11.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.0% · 41
5–93.5% · 73
10–155.7% · 119
16–193.7% · 78
20–242.8% · 59
25–344.8% · 101
35–4911.7% · 245
50–6426.3% · 552
65–7422.2% · 466
75–8412.2% · 255
85+5.2% · 108
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.8% · 75
1 car or van35.0% · 335
2 cars or vans41.8% · 400
3 or more15.4% · 147
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright62.4% · 595
With mortgage22.1% · 211
Shared ownership0.2% · 2
Social rented3.8% · 36
Private rented11.5% · 110
Type of home
Detached house53.4% · 514
Semi-detached house27.9% · 268
Terraced house13.2% · 127
Purpose-built flat2.5% · 24
Converted house1.9% · 18
Other conversion0.7% · 7
Above shop / office0.4% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014904- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Rural North
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 27
Parishes in the ward
SilverdaleThe Yealands
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% owned2,491PPoulton18.8% aged 65+ · 46.0% owned5,897SSkerton14.2% 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.