Electoral wardE05014908
Upper Lune Valley ward, Lancaster
Upper Lune Valley is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,320 residents in 1,054 households — 26 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency; for county elections it is in the Lancaster South East division.
Residents, 20212,320council ward average 5,293
Households1,0542.2 residents per household
Density26/ km²about 88.89 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+30.5%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 13.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 80
5–94.0% · 92
10–155.9% · 137
16–193.5% · 82
20–243.5% · 81
25–347.9% · 182
35–4914.5% · 336
50–6426.7% · 619
65–7415.9% · 369
75–8410.1% · 233
85+4.5% · 105
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.4% · 78
1 car or van39.2% · 413
2 cars or vans39.1% · 412
3 or more14.3% · 151
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright50.9% · 537
With mortgage24.6% · 260
Shared ownership1.5% · 16
Social rented3.9% · 41
Private rented19.1% · 201
Type of home
Detached house46.3% · 488
Semi-detached house27.7% · 292
Terraced house20.7% · 218
Purpose-built flat2.3% · 24
Converted house0.7% · 7
Other conversion1.7% · 18
Above shop / office0.4% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014908- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- County council
- Lancashire County Council
- County division
- Lancaster South East
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale
- Region
- North West
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 27
Parishes in the ward
Burrow-with-BurrowCantsfieldHornby-with-FarletonIrebyLeckMelling-with-WraytonTunstallWenningtonWhittingtonWray-with-Botton
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% owned6,941TTorrisholme37.6% aged 65+ · 85.6% owned3,804WWarton30.0% 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 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.