Electoral wardE05014909
Warton ward, Lancaster
Warton is one of 27 electoral wards of Lancaster City Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 2,325 residents in 1,095 households — 173 people per km², the 25th 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, 20212,325council ward average 5,293
Households1,0952.12 residents per household
Density173/ km²about 13.43 km² · Lancaster 252
Aged 65+30.0%Lancaster: 20.5% · under 16: 13.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.1% · 71
5–94.3% · 99
10–156.0% · 140
16–193.6% · 83
20–244.5% · 104
25–348.4% · 196
35–4914.9% · 346
50–6425.2% · 586
65–7416.0% · 371
75–8410.8% · 252
85+3.2% · 75
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.2% · 134
1 car or van44.0% · 482
2 cars or vans32.2% · 353
3 or more11.5% · 126
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Lancaster overall: 67.1% owned, 10.3% social rented, 21.7% private rented.
Owned outright52.5% · 577
With mortgage28.4% · 312
Shared ownership0.6% · 7
Social rented6.8% · 75
Private rented11.6% · 128
Type of home
Detached house27.6% · 302
Semi-detached house38.6% · 423
Terraced house28.7% · 315
Purpose-built flat2.1% · 23
Converted house0.3% · 3
Other conversion0.2% · 2
Above shop / office0.1% · 1
Caravan, mobile2.5% · 27
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014909- 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
- 20 of 27
Parishes in the ward
BorwickPriest HuttonThe YealandsWarton
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% owned3,804UUpper Lune Valley30.5% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned2,320
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.