Electoral wardE05014905
Skerton ward, Lancaster
Skerton is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 6,941 residents in 3,113 households — 4,892 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lancaster and Wyre and Morecambe and Lunesdale constituencies; for county elections it is in the Lancaster Rural East and Morecambe North and Skerton divisions.
Residents, 20216,941council ward average 5,293
Households3,1132.23 residents per household
Density4,892/ km²about 1.42 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+14.2%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 19.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.4% · 447
5–96.1% · 421
10–157.1% · 491
16–193.7% · 258
20–248.5% · 590
25–3414.2% · 988
35–4920.2% · 1,403
50–6419.6% · 1,359
65–749.1% · 633
75–843.8% · 264
85+1.2% · 85
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.1% · 937
1 car or van44.2% · 1,374
2 cars or vans20.6% · 641
3 or more5.1% · 160
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright29.0% · 904
With mortgage29.2% · 910
Shared ownership0.7% · 23
Social rented17.7% · 552
Private rented23.2% · 722
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house5.2% · 163
Semi-detached house39.9% · 1,241
Terraced house40.4% · 1,256
Purpose-built flat12.9% · 402
Converted house0.9% · 28
Other conversion0.2% · 5
Above shop / office0.4% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014905- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster Rural East, Morecambe North, Skerton
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre, Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Slyne-with-Hest
Other wards in the same constituency
BBare35.1% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned6,904BBolton & Slyne32.1% aged 65+ · 88.5% owned7,241BBowerham15.7% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned4,962BBulk11.5% aged 65+ · 53.7% owned9,505CCarnforth & Millhead23.3% aged 65+ · 75.2% owned5,519CCastle8.9% aged 65+ · 34.2% owned3,535EEllel20.4% aged 65+ · 75.1% owned3,676HHalton-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% owned6,235JJohn O'Gaunt7.3% aged 65+ · 40.4% owned3,628LLower Lune Valley28.7% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned4,533MMarsh13.8% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned8,575
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.