Electoral wardE05014906
Torrisholme ward, Lancaster
Torrisholme is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 3,804 residents in 1,867 households — 2,994 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Morecambe South division.
Residents, 20213,804council ward average 5,293
Households1,8672.04 residents per household
Density2,994/ km²about 1.27 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+37.6%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 11.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 132
5–93.7% · 142
10–154.6% · 176
16–193.0% · 113
20–243.6% · 136
25–348.5% · 325
35–4913.2% · 503
50–6422.2% · 847
65–7417.7% · 674
75–8414.4% · 549
85+5.5% · 210
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van16.8% · 313
1 car or van48.3% · 901
2 cars or vans27.2% · 508
3 or more7.8% · 145
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright59.9% · 1,118
With mortgage25.7% · 480
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented1.2% · 23
Private rented12.8% · 239
Type of home
Detached house15.1% · 282
Semi-detached house68.4% · 1,281
Terraced house7.1% · 133
Purpose-built flat6.7% · 125
Converted house1.9% · 36
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.7% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014906- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Morecambe South
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Morecambe
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% owned5,897SSilverdale39.5% aged 65+ · 84.5% owned2,098SSkerton14.2% aged 65+ · 58.3% owned6,941UUpper 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.